Surgeons say Norris struggled for words when he saw his reconstructed face in a mirror after a 36-hour operationWhen Richard Norris first saw his new face in a mirror,three days after a 36-hour operation to total the world's most extensive face transplant to date, he was lost for words.
But doctors conveyed wonder on his behalf as Norris continued relearning to talk – "this is so chilly, or " one of his surgeons kept repeating. Norris,37, had lived behind a mask since a gun accident took absent his lips, or nose and the front part of his tongue 15 years ago.
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Source: theguardian.com