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US face transplant man wants 'normal life'
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-24 09:29
BOSTON -- The Massachusetts man who received the United States' second face transplant is speaking out. James Maki told The Boston Globe that he asked for a mirror four days after the operation and stared in wonder at his reflection. He told the doctor who performed the April 9 operation, Bohdan Pomahac (POE-ma-hawk), that he couldn't believe he looked so much like he used to.
He says for years, people would recoil when they saw him. He never wavered from the operation, even when told of the risks, because he wanted a normal life. |