Face transplant recipient thriving one year after surgery
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2016
- Mississippi firefighter Patrick Hardison's life changed in 2001 when the roof of a burning house collapsed on him. For 14 years, he battled pain, stares and a loss of hope -- until he got a face transplant in August of 2015. Dr. Jon LaPook spoke with Hardison about how his life has changed since then.
“Normal never felt so special” hit me...
and here i crib about being normal 😣😣
This shows that you are grateful for who you are and what you have. Not everyone is like that.
Me too!
THAT HIT ME HARD..
Remember to appreciate the little things
The fact that he has the face of a dead man is pretty... mind blowing
Zombie is real
I mean there is organ transplants, from dead people...
redouan jaja as opposed to them taking a living mans face off to give to someone else
@@elvinjaimes6423 but the tissue is alive
The dead man is a cool dude. I don't have the balls to do it.
My God... he legit took a 50% chance of death to do this. I cant even even imagine the physical and emotional pain he's endured. I'm so pleased that this surgery looks as good as it does
I would be fine with both out comes, death peacefully or surgery going good and new+better life
Al that because of people insults
@@Hnkka i don't think that death by surgery complications is peaceful
being in drugs and sleep@@lol12332
@@lol12332 ever heard of anesthesia?
“ I don’t wanna have to wear my sunglasses and hat anymore”
Last clip:
*Wears sunglasses and hat*
Old habits die hard
Your comment made me choke in my own saliva swallowed through airpipe from laughing at midnight, thanks man, its gonna be a good sleep
@@laurab9867 humor goes well with a happy ending. I bet the lucky man in the video would be less offended than you.
@@sherekcio3651 your comment is so much better RIGHT under Lauras. How perfect is that
Sad part is he still looks very freakish and he knows it, thats why he wears them still.
This type of surgery is far away from perfect.
it's chilling to see the picture of the donor...
Kishinuma Ayumi Donor was a handsome man.
. Dan I wouldn't be happy my face on someone else.
Saving/ me Just say no to becoming a donor when you get your license or specifically tell your family that you want to keep external features intact(I've only been to open-casket funerals so it makes sense, you just gotta prepare with your family first if you still want to donate other organs). You and your family are the only ones who can make that decision.
Saving/ me lmao
amanda No if my mom wants my kidney thats cool,but to total strangers their family need to do it not me.
This is by far the most impressive face transplant I've seen.
Quit fooling yourself the guy doesnt look normal. The guy still looks odd. Just not as odd as he once did.
Reloyoo Tor I agree. Plus, I’m pretty sure they will work on the eyes with further surgery.
You should see the transplants for ww2 pilots pretty impressive.
@@lyt6732 and I'm pretty sure that has alot to do with the damage to the tissue and muscles in those areas from the accident, if there was more eye tissue to work with I'm sure his eyes would be a bit closer to "normal"
@Jeremy Brayman as long as he can feel more confident and happy with that transplant, then that is all that matters
Why are people so cruel, the man lost his face in the line of duty and they make fun of him
@@elizabethchilders7803 unfortunately, most people don't understand that. Even if you become a hero, you would still get dirty looks. So the best thing to do is to just adapt to everyone else.
Liz Childers TheUnstoppableEmotions ok ok I agree, but like in a relationship or something, looks DO matter, but not in a case like this
Nobody made fun of him kids was scared of him so he would wear a hat and sunglasses so nobody would be scared
Zuume who made fun of him? they just gave some looks
I literally haven't seen any rude comments
Huge respect to the man who signed up to give his face away when he died 🙏
Actually, he didn't sign anything. It was his mother who decided that after his death. He died with no knowledge that his face was going to be donated
@@sergeantretard7776That's creepy
@@sergeantretard7776But would he care? When you're in the ground, your skin is gone within a year anyway.
@@sergeantretard7776lucky guy. I am afraid to sign the papers myself so I'm gonna actually set this up now that I know it can be done. Thank you
Honestly we should just make it an opt out. Most people never even look at what the options on a license are anyway. And since the soul is in the brain and you can't transplant that all those what about my soul stuff doesn't even apply
@@sergeantretard7776 What? This is crazy!
face or no face you are a true hero , i wish you the best .
Plenty of American doctors are Indian and Arab. Nothing wrong with that.
Watchu talkin bout me?
will park why
I dont see any heroic value in that person. Mind explaining what exactly makes you see a "hero" ?
Peter Pantoffel he was a fire fighter, he risked his life to save others every day. If that doesn’t qualify you as a hero, I don’t know what does.
I know him. He comes to my work all the time. He’s such a nice guy
Yeah, update? With his permission to post of course.
Yeah let us know what's he up to 😁
I'm Lost he’s great he always comes in and is really nice to all us servers
@@jamesmaisey48 That's awesome! I'm glad he is doing well! :) That makes me very happy to know! Thanks so much for replying to us.
Tell him we all love him!
Much love and God Bless - India 🇮🇳
Man this poor guy I can't imagine what that felt like hope he gets everything in life he deserves after suffering so much and glad to see he already feels so much better
I wish him all the best
The ears, the nose and the lips were NONE before the surgery... This is the most incredible thing for me. Wishing happiness and prosperity for him and the medical team that took care of him 🙏 pretty good job
I’m so glad that I don’t need a face transplant..
Bless this man, he’s so strong going through all of that. He seems to be happy right now and it’s great.
Bless the donor and his family as well.
Coffee Bean “I’m so glad I don’t need a face transplant..” what if this guys reads the comments. That could offend him. We are all glad that we aren’t dead but you need to bring it up. It’s like commenting “I’m so glad I don’t have cancer” on a video with somebody getting cancer
This is so wrong, but I find this so hilarious
@@awesomeclown I agree 100 percent I don't now if he is joking or not but this guy doesn't know how to say it
@@awesomeclown exactly how I saw it
When I die I wouldn't mind being used for this. Just going to decay and be eaten by bugs anyway, might as well have my skin serve another life time.
Agreed. It's a decent, selfless thing to do. Plus, it would be a shame for your pretty face to go to waste. :)
@@colico14 haha , that cracked me ! :D
Bugs shouldn't get in your coffin,the walls are lined with metal,and the casket closed,qo it doesn't effect the water supply or get in the ground
After donating also.. Your face will go into bug mouth but some later..... Please donate your face 😔 and give remaining body to your loved bugs and bacterias.
Yeah,but not bugs,I was talking about bugs,I only said that cause Marissa said bugs
Why would people look at him as if he's an alien? Like, dude, he's a hero that saved people's lives...
you can't expect everyone to know the context
Oh please it was a gruesome and horrible Injury that humans are evolutionarily predisposed to be disgusted by seeing. With context we can sort of see past that but don’t act like someone with a scar for a face isn’t hard to look at.
Don't be an idiot
We just aren't used to seeing those types of injuries and we tend to stare. I try not to whenever I see people with injuries because I know they survived something and fought pretty hard for their life. However little kids just don't have the same knowledge we do and tend to have no filter
“Normal never felt so special”
Don’t take anything for granted in life, you never know if things are gonna change for the worst.
Considering how many things are considered normal nowdays, if I wanted to take nothing for granted, I would spend 2 days awake thanking god for allowing me to have all them, before I go back to sleep. Humans by nature take things for granted so they don't have worries.
It's kinda similar to you not caring as much if you just hear some rando a few million miles away died from heart attack. If you spent all day being sad for people you have no idea existed but died, you would go insane. Same for the granted part.
ThTs we MUST appreciate the small things life have to offer.
Mom The Ebayer very true.
yeah you dont realize this is the only life you have, and everything is permanent.
Life isn't built uppon only to appreciate the "small" things, usually everything could call themself "small things" - some things happen for a reason. A melted face objectivly is connected with a tragedy, it's not like people hate or don't like the person it's just the appearance that tells story. In that case, medicine did a good job there, healed a big mental dissorder. They sealed the deal.
i mean, at the end of the day even if u are jesus christ, some ppl still will hate your guts
Like spelling :)
Seeing his daughter cry just made me cry
+L V u too :)
Tyler Durden
What is it when women and marriage 😂😂😂
Now I want to cry. Oh wait, it's gone now.
The Legend34 So they can steal half your stuff.
It made me forward the video 10 seconds
I looked him up and he’s doing great. His face seems to have fused completely with his body and he looks like a normal joe. I’m really impressed
bro i know its been a year but i cant find him anywhere i wanna see him now
@@icypenguinparty he has a twitter with recent pictures
They made him look younger too. Amazing.
And here I am ashamed of my acne scars... damn.
Same dafak
Go to a dermatologist, they'll fix you up
I hope you'll find a donor for a face transplant. There's still hope, buddy.
That's a lesson for you. Never hate yourself.
@@gregdenys7162 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤔😂😀😂🤣
A important lesson in this story, be happy with the normal things in life, when missing those normal things, you see how important they are!
I once complained about a pair of shoes until I met a man with no feet
So inspiring I'm so grateful for having a nose and my left foot god bless live laugh love
I am really happy to hear this . Took a while for me to start appreciating everything i have....
So true. When I hear women, my friends, criticize their looks, such as their legs, I tell them to be thankful that they have legs.
This is disturbing and absolutely amazing at the same time. This man is a hero and deserves to have a face again
"I'll never have to wear a ball cap or sunglasses"
1:56 *Wears a ball cap and sunglasses*
to be fair he did say never HAVE to
lol
Probably wants to keep the new face looking fresh & no sun burn
@@MrHotstepper89 guessing the bike riders soul is sorta inside him. Since he wore a ball cap and sunglasses as well.
hahaha but now he wears it because HE WANTS TO at least :P
Maybe the eyelids were still making him look up
the facetransplant is getting better and better by the looks of it. previous ones looks like paralyzed faces. this guy looks pretty good
I agree! Im constantly checking for face transplant updates to see the progress of the science
Yeah, it's great that he can talk normally too. Other than the eyes looking a bit unusual, he looks pretty normal. It must be hardest to get the eyes looking good because it's a delicate area.
I think it depends on the original injury
Yes, I've seen others and they do not look this good.
Actually your wrong, the reason why he looks this great is only because his whole face was functional, he had full control of his nerves, the other face transplants where a billion time more difficult because those patients where missing huge chunks of their faces therefore they never had control of those new added parts making them look like zombies!
Meanwhile this is a casual day to Kardashians
Lol
lmao
Life
@@icanbeyourgeniehowboutalad5158 Oh shut up
@@icanbeyourgeniehowboutalad5158 I'll just hand my password to you and you can control my comments from there.
“I won’t have to wear a ballcap and I won’t have to wear my sunglasses”
ending: *enters shot of him walking while wearing ballcap and sunglasses*
Lmao
yeah wtf lol
See he doesn’t HAVE to, he WANTS to
Also I think he meant he won’t have to wear it on her wedding day. He can show his face and be confident on her special day
And thank you to the man who donated his face and his family. It's so amazing what modern surgery can do. So glad he is okay. Lord, bless these families.
Just think we take our life’s for granted sometimes and this guy had to live like this for so long just appreciate yourself
People live shorter or longer dealing with body defeats they were born with, this don’t make him any more special than they are
1Doobie it actually does you could any day get in a accident and your done live your life that’s all I’m saying
Not only that, this guy saved lives for a living. We gotta appreciate people like him and be kinder to each other
6thMason true
Seems disturbing just hearing he got his face donated
I don’t exactly disagree. But, you’d wish for the same if you were in his position.
@@JustaCastle true, but imagine have a dead man's face on your head
FBI Agent I understand. But there are many living because of dead people’s *internal* organs. Others have an improvement of quality of life due to face and limb transplants..
@@JustaCastle I agree, but you don't see internal organs, but the face on the other hand you'll see it on the mirror every day
FBI Agent yea
"that's why he looks so similar to his children" BRUH
@The one and only No kidding dude.
@The one and only You are one messed up individual, do you know that??
A W well it’s true
@@aware951 some people just aren't scared to say their thoughts out loud.
The one and only hahaha dude never laughed so loud
Is anyone else in tears ? Here in 2024 god bless this guy
I remember when I first read about this and how awesome it was that a face transplant was successful, even if the lips did bother me since he couldn't pronounce his letters well yet. But a year later, holy shit , fantastic job to the surgeons and Patrick's endurance through it all for an awesome result.
it bothers you? please imagine the fact that these aren't his lips.
is it all you picked up from the whole comment?
K4T777 ikr. I think the OP simply meant that they noticed the lips were a bit off, not that it literally bothered them.
amanda I think you responded to the wrong person...?
Nintedo Link aww so sorry you didn't like the lips and pronunciation of sounds. Hope you're okay poor wittle baby.
His skin looks so good...
Kpop Remix Lmao!
26 year old face 😂
Bro this literally put me to tears. I am glad that he is happy again. Prayers to you and your family. Your such an unbelievable soul and I also am amazed by your courage! God bless you!
I’ve been through a lot and I’ve seen a lot but face transplant stories always humble me and make me appreciate my circumstances a bit better. I admire their courage to endure that battle. Thank God that surgery has become an option to give these people back their lives ❤
Well Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did this 20 years ago.
It's like looking into a mirror, only.. not.
👌
Nice one , lol .
Yes
Oh I remember that movie, The human centipede.
he looks wonderful
Dont lie.
NoSignalConspiracy He does for a person who just got in a fire burn accident. His face is still healing from surgery. But you probably know nothing about human biology!
"for a person who just got in a fire burn accident" There it is! that is quite a different case. btw I do not appreciate your speculation regarding my knowledge on human biology.
No he doesn't. Every time he looks in the mirror he is reminded of his accident. It is a permanent scar and memory of his pain. Removing that not only gives him confidence but it lets him heal again and forget the incident. It's like a scar. How would you feel if every time you looked at yourself you saw a stabbing scar or a gun wound. And it reminded you every. Single. Time.
A stabbing scar or a gun shot wound? Dude... id feel pretty badass with those xD.
Золотые руки у врачей! Какое же им Уважение! МОЛОДЦЫ!👏
1:55 "And normal never felt so special"
This left me completely speechless. I just realized how small my problems are.
Wow the donors hair still grows on his head? That's amazing.
mixflip isn't that a wig ?
Yep it does! I watched another guy and he had his donor's beard still!
Why wouldn't it? Blood circulates through his new skin, same with hair follicles. If not he'd be dead by now lol
@@kimpaspossible hair transplants fail all the time.
Imagine them doing actual hair transplants in the future like this not just some bosley but the full head of hair
An entire face, even hair and ears. We truly live in the future.
I hope this man has a wonderful live.
Absolutely amazing.
Blessings to him, his loved ones and the skillful hands of the surgeons.
Preach, heroes like these definitely need to be rewarded more often. Bless him.
This is so amazing - He legit looks like his former self, the donor and his children .Absolutely amazing . I can not stress how important it is for us to wake up every day and be thankful for what we have . That surgeon deserves the highest accolades - period !!! He is a rockstar ! I am a nurse and have watched this story step by step and let me tell you - many surgeons would not be as honest with patients as to tell them - "you may die, we may do worse than where you are starting from, we may not meet your expectations etc.." This is what you call ethics and morals in terms of medicine
He doesn't look anything like his former self
@@light8120 right
@@light8120 closer to his formal self, perhaps.
@@light8120 yeah he does
His nose looks so nice wow and he looks so handsome...God thank you lord for blessing this man with new skin
Ian Sweet 😘😘😘😘😘
Your face is beautiful
Beautiful Butterfly You make it sound like he just grew a new face out of nowhere.
Liar
Not God, doctors. Medicin is the real hero here. People tend to underestimate humanity´s achievements because they just atribute everything to God.
That's why I will donate my whole body :) It really can do so much good.
Good for you bro. You're a hero and deserve this new chance on life. I wish it never happened to you, or anyone. I gotta say out of all the people I've seen online that have had a face transplant, you sir look the best and truly would never guess you had a face transplant 😁. Good job Doc and the whole team that helped
He looks absolutely fabulous. Bless you!
This is an awesome story. I remember the news a year ago, groundbreaking. I'm happy this hero can now have some sense of normalcy again. ❤️ Amazing doctors.
and an amazing patient!
Normality?
Absolutely unbelievable. Wow what a great story. What incredible courage to do such a thing. Kudos to the medical team and the incredible medical progress.
Somebody get this man a medal
He looks amazing; results are so natural; you can't even tell he had anything done, despite major procedure done. He got lucky, to have such a gorgeous donor for face transplant! Couldn't have been better than that!!
Amazing results. God bless this man and his family.
how would it feel to see a strangers face every day..wow. god bless him
I've been watching countless face transplant videos and this is by far the most successful face transplant I've ever seen. A real hero doctor for a real hero man who had to pay a price for 14 years just in an effort to save the life of a woman in a burning building. !!
It's such a shame that society as a whole looks down and judge so quick to unique and different ppl. It's just sad how quick we pass judgements on others without truly understanding their stories. I'm grateful and giving positive vibes to this guy. Truly beautiful.
Cody Tylerr ...God bless him...he was a firefighter.
When I stare at someone with a disfigurement its not because I think they are stupid or mentally ill, It's because I'm curious.
Cody Tylerr youll probably do the same their are so many hypocrites in this world they say one thing and act another way
It truly is amazing that this is even possible and this man is so incredibly brave and he looks great. I don’t think I could do this it’s be so tough for me to know that I have someone else’s face on me.
Just Chilin yeah is incredible, there are 39 people in total that haves face transplant.
@@andr3970 that's all? Wow! I thought there were more
Marissa Williams well yes there’s are like 40-46 people that have face transplant theres not 50. Some of them includes even facial bones from the donor like teeth and mandible because of accident of hunting gun for accident or tried to suicide.
stop virtue signalling
Just Chilin I'm sure you have had plenty of faces on you lol
So very happy for this man and his family. All the best to them.
Thank you for your services
So happy for him. It turned out so well😊
Why do people dislike this..its nothing more than astonishing God bless him and the guy that have him the face that had the bike accident.
This blows me away! That surgeon is genius!
This is awesome rarely we get to see good stuff on the news I’m happy for this man
Looking great walking so confident on the streets!
RESPECT.
That's actually awesome respect to this guy.
Somebody: You look like my father that died a few years ago
He: Well uhm.
tom thompson He's the donors mirror image
It doesn't even look like he had it done. Amazing and wishing him the best in life. Absolutely amazing 😊😊
Yeah it does. You can always tell someone has had a face transplant. It just looks like a dead mask stretched over their head.
"I'll look normal when I get to walk you down the aisle" That's when my heart melted.
I love science and technology. God bless these doctors and that guy.
Delighted for him. Hope the rest of his life brings him awesome luck and joy
the change is incredible... it's so crazy how he can move the face and everything
When you so Happy for someone you don't know that it brings a tear! Bless you all that took care of him.
So happy for him! He does look normal!
I am so happy for this man who can now live a more normal life! He is very strong and brave, considering all of the pain and hardships he has already endured, to go through with the transplant. He took a big gamble and it paid off for him and for his family.
May this gentleman know he’s loved by his family, and is a truly blessed man! 💯❤️
I’m so very happy for him
I can only imagine the pain this man has been through! God bless you
These are the kind of news humanity needs to see!!! I love it when science and great doctors do a fine job to make humans happy! Kudos to both, doctor and patient!
People like him deserve an applause for getting through the pain of others who look at them in disgust, he’s a real champ
Just amazing. Imagine all the excruciating pain and suffering he went through. I wish him all the best!!
"Face off "
John travolta
And Nicolas Cage
Is waving
Geez I had to scroll way to long for this comment
Big respects to him and to all the doctors and nurses and all those that came together with love to help him get his life back ,, God bless them .
Imagine getting a face transplant and seeing his face and thinking “wow this is a dead dudes face”. Really haunting just as it’s amazing
You don't know what you have until you lose it😟☝👏
Just shut up lol.
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
i didnt know i had a face
Emerson Herrera I had a dollar a few days ago, today I thought about that dollar!
Bless this brave man.
Walks down street
*Guy stares
Burnt Firefighter: God Damnit!!
This is seriously an amazing story, good for him.
Congratulations to the team that brought this man's life back.
I am so happy to see him happy
Thank God that you made it through that. Thu story has really touched me. Bless you and your family. 🙏❤️😘
This man deserved this gift!
Wow he looks amazing
This guys are so brave. Risking their own lives to save the others`. Love and respect for them....from my heart.
I remember i saw video right after the accident and now he got new life with the new face. Just WOW. I'm happy for you, bro.
Wow he looks great! Amazing job by the surgeons. This clip made me shed a tear.
Respect also for his wife. 9 from 10 would leave him, but she didn't do this. This is love.
That's great for him but it's also incredibly creepy. Just the fact that a dead mans face is on him is, well, creepy.
better than an alive person's face on him
not creepy at all to me, I think it's miraculou and because it's a different bone structure, he doesn't look like the other man
Reminds me of Repo The Genetic Operah
And that is also why face transplants are a bit rare, people take it as a morality thing. But in the end even with the face transplant you wont end up looking like the other dude. Your face structure, and his are two completely different things, also add the weird swelling that does not seem to completely go away. I find it even more creepy having someone else's heart beating inside you, then someone else's face attached to my skull.
M M1989 ikr
Imagine 14 years of pain damn he didn't gave up salute u man
This firefighter is such a hero to go into a fire building and it have it collapse on you he risked his own life to save others very brave man