Plastic Surgeon Reacts to The Youngest Face Transplant! How'd She Do?
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2023
- This beautiful young woman underwent a face transplant to replace hers damaged by a gunshot wound! Dr. Youn explains the process and sees how she does afterwards!
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Question- how do they get a face to fit under a microscope?
i have a doub, why she need the antirejection medication for the rest of her life?, how does work the cells, because after years and years all the cells in some point die and the her own body create new ones or im wrong?
@@necro664wrong, wrong,wrong, wrong.
God bless you
My youngest brother died not so long ago. He was on life support for a few days but he was never going to be ‘alive’ again. My parents donated his organs. To date we know he saved a young girl and a gentleman ❤️
I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope that knowing his organs are giving life to others will bring you some comfort.
Sorry :( I'm sure those people and their families and friends are so thankful ❤
I'm so sorry for your loss
I'm so sorry for the loss of your brother. What a blessing that his spirit lives on in the people who received his organs.
Love and light to you and your family. 💕
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I’m a kidney transplant recipient and I think of the person who donated their organs everyday. The hospital told me I can write the family a letter a year after the transplant. It’s definitely life changing and I’m grateful everyday
My husband got his kindney from our son. We are truly grateful!
I’m a kidney donor. I gave my dad a kidney
What a beautiful story. ❤
Many blessings for you. Please write them.
My husband passed away very unexpectedly ten months ago. I had forgotten he was an organ donor until they started detailing all the ways in which they had spread him around so to speak. Now that I know it’s a year in, I think I’ll reach out to the hospital about making sure people can contact me. I hope they do.
I had a heart transplant 10 years ago. Not a day goes by that I don't think of my donor and their family. Thanks to them, I got to see my kids grow up ❤
That's a bueatiful story. So very glad you got to see your kids growup. Godbless you and your donor. 😊
Do you have to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of your life, to stop your body rejecting the donated heart?
I’ve always wondered if that causes people like yourself to catch random bugs/viruses easily.
I think in the next 20 years, transplants will involve taking cells from the recipient and growing a new heart for them in the lab…..No more need for lifelong medication to stop rejection, as it will be your cells and DNA the new heart would be made of……..Imagine no more waiting lists and conditions that would usually be fatal, are now just a minor inconvenience.
@Acheron666 yes, I have to be really careful. Everybody knows that if they have as much as a sniffle, they don't come near me. I read an article about using the recipients own cells. They use a ghost heart and fill it with your own cells. It's absolutely amazing and hopefully not too far away! It would be fantastic if future recipients could live their lives without anti rejections.
@@allyballybee3201für solche Hirngespinnste des Menschen müssen Tiere in Tierversuchen leiden und das ist nicht in Ordnung!
My cousin had a heart transplant at 15. She is 42 now. We are so grateful for the precious gift of life she was given by complete strangers.
My daughter was an organ donor after her car accident. Being a donor family turns a tragedy into something with meaning and continuity. I’m so grateful for transplant medicine.
So very sorry for your loss. Being an organ donor is such a beautiful and selfless act.
Do they really tell you about the patient or patients the donor is saving? Or where they’re going to? I’ve been a donor since 18 but I never really thought about it, just knew I was doing it. I wonder if I will be able to help someone when I die..
Bless your daughter, Bless you.🙏🍀🍀🍀
My uncle who was a second father as a child was on the transplant list. Thank you. I'm so sorry for your loss. But take solace in knowing a recipient and family NEVER forget this painful gift.
I think if I lost one of my children that donating organs to save others would be what kept me sane. My condolences for you loss and gratitude for your generosity.
I'm a nurse and firefighter, one of the worst things I've ever seen was attempted /completed suicide (stop reading if you're easily upset) guy shot himself in the face with a shotgun and it didn't kill him. Based on the condition of the house here's what we think happened; At some point he got up from the bed (obviously site of first shot) and went in the bathroom (massive blood trail and covered sink)..think he saw himself, then went back to bed and finished himself off with another shot (this time to the chest). Neighbor had just got home and heard what was the second shot and called 911. Very sad. Generally, Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem , so please get help- I assure you there's someone who loves you and would miss you deeply!
Could I just take a moment to thank you for doing these jobs.
I believe that you don't get the credit you're deserved , not that you do it for thanks or praise, but the nightmares and images you must surely get...as well as the deep look into others most fragile, darkness must take it's toll on you.
I'm in Sweden and have met many fantastic nurses over time and without your continuous care, love and patience wouldn't be the person I am today.
Thankyou... and to all the other wonderful nursing people who make such a big difference in people's lives. You are very special to the world. 😊
My great-aunt had a lot of her face torn off by a train in Detroit around the year 1930. Her parents and baby brother were only mildly injured, but her pregnant mother was not allowed to see her for weeks. She was put into a dark room to die, but her father convinced doctors to try. The surgeons in Detroit learned a lot from her case and today she is 97 with many descendants. Does anyone know the name of any plastic surgeons working in Detroit back then? I’d love to learn more about the techniques used back then to save her life.
What I do know, is that whoever worked on your Great aunt, would have learned techniques gathered from the wars, and those who had facial injuries, especially blast wounds. I know this because I read a book about it a long time ago. So many young men had devastating injuries to their faces, plastic surgery was really started there, in the 19th century.
How extraordinary! you should write a book...many will be interested by her journey. God bless her and you!
Absolutely, she should write a book! If you're not a writer, Mandy, maybe connecting with someone on the Internet will connect you with the right team to share your story. @@philtuljxen5466
Hi❣️Amazing!
I'm from Detroit & worked at Hospital's in Detroit & Detroit metro ! Henry Ford a research hospital trained many physicians & was used to teach procedures as well ! You might start w calling the hospital & enquiring. Many hospitals had historical pics of physicians as a tribute - Many hospitals from that era have historical records - but you need to investigate & be persistent! Especially in this historic surgery uncommon in that era .
Write down the facts of what you do know & start researching ! Google as well ! Other senior physicians as well as patents may know ! Also asking senior plastic surgeons especially from that particular hospital! You might also talk/enquire to the Medical Record's Dept Perhaps there are medical records -Henry Ford was one of the oldest in Detroit ! Praying you find out what you are looking for - indeed she was definitely meant to be here & sounds like she overcame that trauma with the help of God & others to lead a wonderful blessed life leaving a wonderful legacy to her descendants ❣️
🙌🏽❤️🙏🏼🕊
If you know the name of the hospital you can start there
There’s a great National Geographic article that details this young lady’s journey. Utterly fascinating to read her story, her parent’s story, the donor’s story and the incredible medical staff that performed this successful face transplant.
I read that, it was heartbreaking and inspiring, but still so sad. Crazy story, that’s for sure.
@TheSarah730 do you have link to that story? Or a name so can try to find it?
@@laurafa8297I put in National Geographic youngest face transplant and found quiet a lot to choose from, hope it helps
@@expatmoose ty!
She did this to herself. Enough said. Live with your choices.
You say there was no damage to her brain, but that's not true. An article about her says the following: "Beyond the wound to her face, she had traumatic brain injury from the bullet’s concussive force to her frontal lobe, optic nerve, and pituitary gland." The slow and wonky walking you see her do in the video for example is due to the brain injury.
I also read she is blind
Yeah, she may not have cognitive deficits, but she definitely has other neurological deficits.
Yeah the gunshot did a number on her, she’ll never be 100% herself like before the gunshot. I remember another story of a man who shot his face off with a shotgun but survived and he was never the same.
I don’t know how these people live with themselves after doing something so terrible like that.
They didn't want to live in this first place, hence the suicide attempt.
@@10191927a guy who was one year ahead of me in high school did that. He was a junior and he used a shotgun and due to the angle it took out his lower jaw. He came back to school the last half of senior year. He was never the same after that (obviously).
The young woman dogsitter that was mauled by 3 dogs a couple years ago is hopefully getting this same care. I was so shocked to see what these dogs did to her and she actually survived. It's good to know that there are options for her as well.
Jacqueline "Tiger" Durand ❤
Omg I think of her often but from I remember, she wasn't a candidate for face transplant. Her face is being reconstructed as best as they can.
What happened to her I missed the first part.
Pitbulls, she was mauled by pitbulls #namethebreed
@@LichtdesMorgensit's all how you train them. Never owned them myself as I love my aussies, but they can be some of the sweetest dogs. Pitties are sadly used for fighting and because of that they are treated poorly. Any animal- any dog can be aggressive.
I have shown and trained dogs for several years and it is all up to training/treatment. Ever hear of the case a pomeranian killing a newborn? It doesn't have to be a 'fierce' breed to be dangerous. Huskies, Labradors, Newfies, wolfhounds any dog can be aggressive with a rotten owner and abuse.
My worst fear when I was suicidal wasn't dying. It was that I would fail and end up disabled worse than I already was.
Same
likewise, that fear is basically the only thing that kept me from attempting. i genuinely can't grasp the mindset of losing as much as katie has and not only wanting to live but being grateful to be alive.
Good thoughts. Something that put me off it.
That honestly sounds like some internal ablism you need to work on . Imma be honest when I was suicidal I wasn't afraid of dying nor becoming disabled I was more scared of failing and being taken away /not being able to finish "the job" I'm so thankful for the magical fungi for helping me out of that hole it was torturous before the mushrooms.
I rebuke these thoughts in Jesus name.. no one should have to feel this way this is terrible.
I'm an organ donor and always will be. My mom was as well, and her skin was able to help a burn victim and her irises helped two blind people have sight.
@_MissLoLo
❤ to you and your mom for being organ donors!
Amazing women ❤
I'm also an organ donor, if something were to happen to me and anything of use is left behind, why not give someone else a chance right?
They transplant retinas not irises
@cathyhurd4890 Both are incorrect, it was in fact corneal transplants.
And don't forget the people who keep everything clean... just as important as all the doctors and nurses....
god bless this beautiful young woman! i was legally blind could not read or drive. two corneal tranplants 30 years ago changed my world and my life is full.
I know it’s been a few years since this surgery, and I hope she is doing well. The doctors and others who worked both to save her life and to perform this facial transplant can not be spoken of highly enough; they are true miracle workers. Her nose, btw, is perfect! Her parents are to be commended, too, not only for their support, which would be expected, but for their great emotional strength. So glad this young girl survived, and no matter what happened to her physically, she will always have her beautiful soul. ❤
She literally got her FACE back! Thank you doctors for helping people!
Please, if you are felling so lonely or hurt that you feel the only way out is to take you life, please please please seek help. There are so many people, even strangers that love you and wish the best for you. We want you to have a good life...there are very few people that don't deserve a good life....
My dad has polycystic kidney disease and needed a kidney transplant. Turns out my mom was a match. In June 2020, they had the transplant surgery. Now mom has one kidney and dad has 3. He is getting his original 2 taken out soon, as they take up a lot of space and the cysts are attached to his intestines and spleen
Your Mom is a real one. Kudos to her, definitely for better or for worse. ❤
wow real miracle that mom was a match!
That’s actually kind of romantic. Some people give their spouse flowers, she gave her spouse a life saving kidney. He’ll always have a part of her with him wherever he goes.
Lucky he married a great woman 💪🏾
One of the best parts of my job as a respiratory therapist is caring for organ donors during the brain death testing process up until they go to the OR for harvesting. It's sad, but it feels like one of the greatest privileges of my life when I take care of a dying person, and even more so when I know that the body I am protecting and supporting will live on in other people's bodies. I see a lot of long, slow, torturous deaths; deaths that *need* to happen because of old age, but the family wants us to keep trying CPR even though it's not working; and sudden traumatic deaths. There are awful ways to die and there are good ways to die. Sure, I'd like to die at home in my own bed surrounded by family, but dying in a way that leaves my body healthy and intact and *life-giving* is honestly one of the more peaceful ways that I've witnessed. These deaths are usually shocking and tragic, but families often get comfort from organ donation, and if I'm taken too soon, I'll feel a lot better in my afterlife if I know I'm still being useful on earth.
I’m an RT and I could have written this statement about taking care of our organ donors at the ends of their lives. One of my favourite (and one of the most powerfully moving) parts of the job. Talk to your families about wanting to be an organ donor everyone!
I was a critical care nurse almost 40 years. I often got the transplant donor to care for up until the donation takes place. I also felt it was a privilege. My father died waiting for a heart and a friend received a kidney. We used to have an honor walk to the OR once everything was in place for donation. Anybody who could would come to the ICU and lined the route to the OR to pay respect for what the donor was doing. Often the donor’s family was present. It helped with closure for them.
Hmm, after learning how some organ donors did not get emergency care after car accidents where they could have been saved, I no longer support this program. Instead of trying to save the emergency case, there is this rush to harvest the person's organs. It is better if donors are asked if they would like to donate when they either have a terminal illness and are nearing their death or if a healthy individual willingly donates at the time an organ is needed.
It's a shame that the organ donor gives the gift of life and then the health care provider makes a profit out of it.
@@Emphasis213 True. I used to believe in the organ donor system until I heard horror stories from family members about how their son or daughter did not get emergency help after an accident once it was known they were organ donors because harvesting fresh organs is preferred to harvesting organs after the patient is declared dead. And then the hospital profits from something they got for free. That is why I will only donate if my organ is needed by a family member or a relative or if I am terminally ill and know I am dying soon but maybe my organs won't be considered good enough by then.
My husband had a wreck and lost part of his hand they had to do skin grafts from one leg and then do another skin graft to cover up the first skin graft . This happened in 2015 and he is still getting movement in his hands and fingers and feeling nerves are continuing to be there more and more even after all these years
I lost my sister when she was 36. She was not in a place where they could have transplanted her organs, and I wish that it would have been possible. I think she would have liked to help someone have a better, healthier life, and it would have helped us with the grief process.
Omg I’m sorry 😢
I’m 36. I have a sister. I couldn’t imagine how she’d feel if I died…😢
@@Crowski thank you. I hope you never find out.
@@Hippiechick11 Me too. More for her sake.
My sister is 36. She has been my best friend for my entire life. This is my worst fear. So much so, that I genuinely hope I die first. I can’t imagine what you are going through. I’m so, so sorry.
@@dewilew2137 it was in 1986, and we still miss her.
I went to visit her before surgery. My sponser let her and her family stay at her house. She was nice it just made my nervous. I’m happy she is doing well
I had a friend who shot himself with a 22 rifle. It didn't kill him, but it destroyed the front of his jaw and teeth, traveled upwards under his skin, and fully separated all the structures in his nose. It finally impacted his brow ridge and shattered, ricocheting a bunch of shrapnel into his eye. Of course, his eye was unsalvageable. But they did reconstruct his lip and nose by pulling his entire face down, rebuilding/replacing some of the damaged cartilage, and rerouted bloody supply using donor vessels. It was like $3M, but he looked basically the same. Unfortunately, the trauma of surviving such a brutal suicide made his mental condition far worse. His months of necessary pain management led to a crippling addiction. He got robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy on the street for the first time. He attempted to escape, but they shot at him. One round hit him in the neck causing severe damage to his muscles. He had to suffer through a many more surgeries and recovery. It was just too much. He finally succeeded about a year later.
Did he die
And cases like this are the reason I decided to be an organ donor. Also, after they take everything useful, I'm taking my final trip to my university as a teaching cadaver. People say I'm crazy because of that but, at the end, it's my body and that's what I want for it.
You'll make a useful and helpful cadaver. Your organs will save lives and students will learn, looking inside your body. Maybe someone will smile with your face? Admirable decision 🙏🏻
I don’t understand are you going to die?
After watching Botched and other messed up procedures that I have seen on CZcams, I mentioned that I was disgusted with some of these things that these so called doctors have done to patients. Despite my discuss with these procedures, I always believed in plastic surgery . The plastic surgeon that operated on this girl did a wonderful job as her transplanted face looks fantastic. Plastic surgery has so many positive aspects of medicine. Plastic surgeons who treat injuries such as cleft pallets and other traumas to the faces for example, server burns are very special people because in my opinion they are able to do procedures so the person lead a normal life with very little scaring.
I used to work as a graphic designer in a Plastic Surgeon Clinic, one of our doctors was the best person you could meet. He did Boob operations, and facelifts so he could get $$ for traveling to get specialties on cleft palate, hand reconstruction and other specialities. And he would usually operate poor kids for free. So all those "useless" beauty cosmetic operations he did ended up financing a lot of his good deeds.
Sadly, the Dr passed away one night he went to sleep next to his wife and he never woke up. He was about 50. Rip DR Gonzalez, its been years but I still remember him fondly,
@KaoruGoyle Very moving story, I'm glad to know there are people out there that care do do the greater good.
@@KaoruGoyle So sad.
Even elective cosmetics allow surgeons to hone their skills for when they are called upon for these difficult cases. Many of the botched surgeries are by non- board certified surgeons and some aren't even plastic surgeons. Patients have to do their homework and know what to look for in a surgeon.
@@KaoruGoyle
Very interesting comment.
I'm curious: what does a graphic designer DO when working in a plastic surgery clinic?
These surgeons absolutely blow my mind. Exceptional people.
We have a man here that tried to commit suicide exactly like that. He blew his bottom jaw off. This was years ago and he is still alive. So sad that some people have to have this extreme to want to live again.
I went to high school with a person who did this to himself. He did not get a transplant and unfortunately turned to substance abuse to cope. He seemed like a good guy when I knew him. He just had a hard life.
Damn that poor guy! I feel for him. ❤
@@MeowMeow_95_why? Do you know him personally?
@@sandym2502 no but it’s a sad story. Seeing people suffer isn’t necessarily FUN for me.
While watching this, I wondered if everyone had the same amount medical care. Sadly, I doubt it. :(
I had an abscess in my jaw, undiscovered for probably three years. With the most experienced surgeon at a very busy hospital for indigent folks in San Francisco, he told me it was the worst abscess he had ever seen.
I was operated on in maybe 2004? I was warned they would probably nick a facial nerve, and they did. It is July 2023, and I am finally getting some nerve sensation in the bottom lip right quadrant, and I no longer drool when I eat. I still use a straw to drink but occasionally get away with sipping from a glass or cup.
With only this MINOR surgery to compare this young woman's experience to...
OMG SHE IS SO BRAVE!!! AND STRONG. I ADMIRE THE SURGEONS SO MUCH!
Thanks Dr. Youn. You are both hilarious and deeply kind & empathetic!!! So glad you found a home on CZcams to share your very special knowledge, insight, and SASS!!! 😊😂❤😂❤😂😊
I'm so happy for you! Take care♥
Friendships come and friendships go, but *NOBODY* is worth shooting yourself in the face over. Not even when my husband abandoned me did I think that was ever a solution. In fact, I called my divorce the best twenty bucks I ever spent. You are worth more than any false friend or failed relationship.
easy for you to say. U don't know how someone else feels. A lot of people that do this, do it on impulse. All of them that lived thru it, were so glad to still be alive, and that it didn't work. If you read Katie's story, she did it on impulse. Yeah she was upset, but it's not like u think. U need to read her story. I have seen and read many stories of suicide survivors that shot themselves. Every single one was so happy that they didn't die. Like immediately. One guy begged the paramedic to not let him die. Besides all of this, you can't just say, "Oh I didn't think about killing myself" well that's you. You aren't them, and you do not know what another person feels. Sure, of course I agree that nobody is worth taking your life over, but it's not that simple. Humans are chalk full of complex emotions. We very often make impulse decisions that we regret later. It's a matter of a lot of these people just not fully grasping their life truly ending. You should educate yourself more.
@@tyffaneelavely8087Honey, I've buried more family members than you ever will. Both of my brothers, three grandparents and more. I cared for a father with dementia for 5 years, wrecking my own body in the process. Educate your own damn self. No relationship is worth shooting yourself in the head over. Period. If you can't understand that, I feel sorry for you.
@@tyffaneelavely8087I agree. Which is why guns and ammunition should not be easily available to anyone, least of all young people, who might be acting on impulse.
@@Yooperskepticz Don't politicize this. Mental healthcare should be affordable and accessible. Guns are just a tool like anything else. You could kill or maim someone with a fork if you wanted.
@@Yooperskepticz fed gtfo
I'm deeply happy that her parents are so supportive, but also so very sad for them.
I think of this young girl often. We have a lot of suicides in our family, and I have been suicidal myself. You are not alone. You lived for a reason. As always, thinking of you
These surgeons are real heroes
She was such a stunning young lady and this has GOT to be hard for her. I truly hope she is doing well!❤
I work in tiny health care centers, and even there we see patients who come in like this.
If you are feeling like you cannot go on, please... please... I beg you to reach out for help one more time. This is never the answer and my heart breaks for everyone who has a story like this. So traumatic for everyone involved.
There is no help why do you think people commit suicide.
God bless these surgeons and the people who donated their faces. 💞🙏🏽
This is incredible that it's even a possibility. These Drs are so very special, as well as the donor and their family. ❤ They did an amazing job, she looks so good!
Katie looks amazing!! Those surgeons did an unbelievable job. I hope she lives a long happy life and loves her new face.❤
Its not exactly the same but i received a full liver transplant in 2018. I am so unbelievably grateful for that person's sacrifice that saved my life.
Wait… this girl shot herself in the face over losing a friend?!!!? WHAT?!!!
Great video! Thank you for featuring this outstanding case. Please, Dr. Youn, next time remember to mention the anaesthesiology team as well. I know we seem invisible sometimes, but all the attention, care and extremely hard work of the surgical team is usually repeated or mirrored on “the other side” by anaesthesiology, pain medicine and intensive care. Looking forward to your next video. 👍🏻
@StKrane Hi, Dr. Y may not have mentioned the Anesthetiology team, but trust me when I tell you The "A-team" is at the top of my list of who I think of any time I have had surgery. I count on every one of you. And I appreciate you for all you have done (time, dedication, & years of education, etc) to become a very special person in my life.. even though I don't know who you are.
ALL medically trained people, at all levels, are special.. helping us regular folks. It is simply amazing. I thank you. ❤
I remember hearing about this when it happened. I wonder how long a face transplant will last? I think with other organs, they have their own lifespan when transplanted and are sadly not lifelong. I remember she said she wanted to be a therapist to help other people who deal with suicidal thoughts and behaviors like her and I hope she achieved her dream and is living a good life.
It could last a lifetime, the skin is a highly regenerative organ, so in a couple of years maybe there are more cells her body like to accept.
It depends largely on the patient and how they cope with the rejection meds. Some recipients have had their transplant for almost 10 years but others failed quicker so it is hard to judge. Other similar thing is with the hand transplants where have worked for over 20 years while others have failed within 2 years, mostly because the meds needed to sustain the new part are downright nasty to the rest of your body.
I would imagine that hopefully the face transplant lasts longer since it's mostly skin and the shapes of structures of a face, not something like a kidney which is an entire organ with its own specific job/functions, but i also am not knowledgable enough to say anything definitively! It just seems logical that an organ like a kidney or a heart would come with some wear and tear from being "used" where as a "face" and skin is just...skin? If that makes sense! I hope for the best for this girl! She has been through so much.
Skin regenerates more successfully than most organs, after all, part of its function is to endure damage so less durable structures don't. It seems likely to me that as long as she can stave off rejection for long enough, her own skin cells may replace the donor graft. But I don't know if there's less replaceable tissue involved or if it's just the skin. Like, was her nose donor cartilage or was it silicone or some other artificial structure...
I used to work on custom surgical tools for craniofacial reconstructions. We would see at least a few failed self-delete attempts every month. It was so rewarding to be a part of helping someone get their face back after surviving.
Gosh those doctors did amazing work! I wish her the best of luck recovering.
That was a heartbreaking situation. 😢 I’m so glad she survived and is doing well. The surgical team did an amazing job with her facial reconstruction. ❤
i was a crime scene cleaner and worked a few jobs where a suicide didnt die but a lot of their face was blown off. i would find chunks of jaw bone with teeth still attached.... it was so sad. but most trauma scene jobs survival didnt happen.
I love how you explain everything. You use normal language, not doctor language, which we appreciate!
I knew a guy who did exactly this- best dancer ever. Didn’t take a second of life for granted. God bless her.
Very sad story indeed. I hope that this young lady and her family are doing much better. Dr. Youn acknowledged many specific healthcare team members (surgeons, speech therapist, etc) which is wonderful. But IMO, the Registered Nurses deserve a special holler. They 1:1 help take care of these patients before, during, and after their multiple surgeries. The nurses are the eyes and ears for the surgeons and other team members since they spend untold hours caring physically and emotionally for the patients
What an amazing difference that was after her surgery! Sad she put herself through all that yet Glad she is going to get her full life back some day!!
I feel sorry for the parents. This must be very hard for them mentally and financially.
She never once lost her beauty. She survived because she’s such an incredible light in this world. What a beautiful soul. Her story touched me so much I’m bawling mid video dang
I don't see what light there can be in someone who tries to take own life.
@@gloriabarberi1292 I guarantee it is her biggest regret in life, unfortunately.
That's not what beauty means
@@gloriabarberi1292 I think maybe they mean she is so grateful to be alive and thankful for another chance.
@@gloriabarberi1292 you obviously have no idea of how it feels to be so distressed and without hope.
Dr. Y, I’m sorry to hear about you sweet pup. And I love that you’re showing more about what your practice includes, not just cosmetic wants, but serious reconstructive needs. I wish her all the best life. I love your channel.
I admire you, Dr. Youn, for addressing this. It gives us insight into your knowledge and care for patients. 😊
This is why I am an organ donor ❤ I hope this young woman is doing well.
What a heartbreaking story. This video does a great job of explaining the situation with compassion.
My dad was a helicopter pilot and he flew a suicide patient to the hospital....years were spent reconstructing his face as well as possible....only for him to finish the job he started 5 years later .... that story always stuck with me...
That man must have been in a tremendous amount of pain. I hope He found the peace he felt only death could bring.
sad for all the time & money spent for nothing! who paid the hospital bills! maybe psych evaluation beforehand
Unimaginable how much strength and positivity her family members, friends and doctors must have given her.
I'm not only beyond impressed by her, but by everybody involved and willing and able to work keeping up... creating life.
I am absolutely gobsmacked at the talent and dedication of those doctors and nurses! First that they could save her life, and do such amazing reconstruction!!! Bless them all!
And look how gorgeous she was!!!
I love the inspiring story but I love that Dr. Youn has a mug with his face on it 😂
It was a gift!!! 😂😂
@@DoctorYoun I’m not judging either way! Thanks for responding! ❤️
@@DoctorYounThe mug or your face in general?! 😉🤣
What a shocking and sad story. And to do that and ruin your life over a ‘friend’ 🤦🏼♀️ she was such a pretty girl before too such a shame. And how amazing those surgeons and doctors are .
What an incredible effort for this young woman. Kudos to all health care professionals.
Its so amazing this is even possible. Its also incredible to see this girl have such an appreciation for her life, even without her old face. People make mistakes in a moment that they think will never pass. She made the most of that mistake.
This is so incredibly tragic. The story behind the injury is bewildering. Such a brave family.
Fascinating & shocking at the same time. I have been following another story on youtube of a fireman burned on the job. So far I've watched from the time he got scheduled for surgery up to 3 yrs. later. Just in a year or less he was so happy and back to living instead of hiding. After his story, I started to realize face transplants are sadly needed by many. Incredible. Best wishes to Katie. It's amazing to hear these people say how glad they are to be alive and eager to get the transplant.
Well, it's cool she's contributing to the advancement of medicine.
Dr. Yuon, you the only one who can really give justice in explaining this kind of surgery. My respect to you Sir!
My goodness, thank God for those surgeons and scientists that made this possible. What an awful thing to happen. This young woman and her family are an amazing example of love and persistence and hope. My heart and prayers go out to them and to the donor family. I truly send all my hopes to them that she makes the best recovery possible and continues to lead a happy life.
Donor families don't see their loved ones' kidney or liver, but this would be seeing your child or parents face again. That would be so hard and so loving, I can't imagine.
The face will not be the same. The face transplant will be stretched or shrunk in different places to accommodate differently shaped bones. We all have different faces, depending on underlying bone structure.
Crazy that you posted this today. I just learned about Katie a few days ago from a 4 year old video I came across while I was looking up Charla Nash's face transplant.
Dr. , thank you for explaining this surgery, and for your thoughtful commentary. I have watched you for a while now, and must say your sensible suggestions, and humanity radiate outward!
Wow! This was fascinating! I wish this young lady and her family all the best.
Dr. Youn, thank you so much for posting this video. I love how you explain all the medical details of this face transplant. The transformation is amazing. Please, keep us updated on this lady.
God Bless this girl and God Bless the doctors. Heroes.
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Incredible! I've seen other videos on face transplants, but this one seems to be the best one from the group! I'm curious to see her later on, once she has gone through speech therapy and is more healed. ❤
She actually looks great!!! Hope her healing continues to be successful.❤❤❤
Wow your an angel. Many doctors are far kinder then i ever imagined.
Thank you for sharing this story, I enjoy the deeper meaning rather than some superficial vanity.
Best wishes to this family for healing. 💗
It's so sad, that she felt like this was the only option for her. No child should find the world so cruel, that this feels like the only option. But they have done a great job.
We should all be organ donors. We don't need our organs, when we're dead, but it can save people's lives, and that is the most beautiful thing to leave to others.
I donate everything away, and my family is not allowed to oppose my wishes (not that they would want to), and they also know, that I would love if someone looked at my brain. I have epilepsy, but my brain looks perfect. If possible, I would love to help achieve more knowledge for the people I share my illness with.
My ex-husband wasn’t an organ donor because he thought the doctors would just let him die in order to take his organs 🙄 I lost a lot of respect for him when I learned that
@@heatherduke7703, well, you clearly did the right thing and divorced him. I assume there was a lot of other things wrong, but that amount of paranoia and pettiness is never good in a relationship.
Here in Czech republic we have opt out system - everyone is a donor, unless they written down they don't want to.
@@annachoc3977, which is the right way to do it. People are far more likely to get out of a donor register than into one. And most of us want to help others, so it also becomes the least amount of work for both population and registration.
@@annachoc3977 I am curious…how does this work? And does everyone know that?
What interests me the most however is - if they haven’t written anything down, can the doctors take basically anything that is needed? I mean…I wouldn’t mind that if they took the ”basic” organs like a heart, a liver, kidneys etc…but the idea doctors could take my (or my loved ones) face automatically…it really creeps me out. 😳
Wow! This video was not only amazing, but informational as well. Thank you for great videos, your humanistic commentaries and the educational content.
I am going to agree with her needing all the healthcare providers...but...you only mentioned primary support like doctors and therapists. I have some news for you...those surgeons couldn't do their job without the help of a surgical team...anesthesiologists, O.R. nurses and scrub techs...or the assistants in her therapy and home health. As a secondary caregiver, it's frustrating to make doctors look so good and not get any credit. I can't tell you the value of a good OR nurse or scrub tech... They have stuff ready before a doctor even knows what they are going to need.
I'm giving a much needed shout-out to EVERYONE in her care team...bravo guys...bravo
What an amazing story. Great video. I wish her healing and happiness. God bless her, and the amazing doctors who reconstructed her face.
She has been the recipient medical and technical skill, as well as the generosity of the donor human being. Has the mental condition that caused her to harm herself been addressed?
Wow, what an amazing outcome. Great video. Thank you. I have to tell you that you have the prettiest skin ever. I guess prettiest isn’t the right word here but your skin is gorgeous. I’m gonna have to try your products because I’ve never seen such flawless skin.
I have seen this story before and it has been haunting me since. What a beautiful girl she was. 😭
I've been following a few face transplants recipients for years... I'm glad she has this opportunity.
If any doctor woke me up after a suicidal failure like this, I would never ever forgive him (or the crew).
Yeah, I know someone who got cancer (and it killed him) from the meds he had to take to not reject his liver (no he wasn't an alcoholic). Like he was yellow waiting for a damn liver and the transplant is the "hope". But transplants really aren't all roses.
It's really lovely seeing so many people care for her
This is heartbreaking, and I'm sorry this has happened to her, I have read some beautifully sad comments from donor recipients and have been inspired to donate anything needed from my body when the time comes, we are all doing this life together, in Gods speed 🙏 I hope this Sweetheart has a wonderful outcome & her recovery goes well ❤️
i see stories like this about face transplants and arm transplants all the time and it really moves me, i wish there was a way for me to sign up as a face/arm donor, i'd do it in a heartbeat.
You can start by going to your state's DMV/department of transportation (depends on where you get your license) and sign up as an organ donor. They will print it on your license/ID card. You can also write a living will or appoint a health care proxy so you can state your wishes as to which organs and body parts you do want to donate as well as those you do not. Your proxy will be able to advocate for you when you pass.
@@user-ys6ot7pq1o thank u! I live in the uk though so we're all automatically organ donors, we have an op out policy, i just dont think it includes things like face or arms
@@laurenroberts3821It likely covers every body part unless you made a choice to exclude them. I'm sure you can enquire. The reason we don't think of faces or arms is that there have to be recipients waiting. There are thousands at any time waiting for hearts, lungs, kidneys, livers. Not many waiting for face transplants. 🙂
These doctors… amazing!
I have so much respect for you and what you do. This is a miracle!
This reconstructive surgery is absolutely amazing.
Thanks for your great video on her journey!
I know they are getting paid to be there but it just chokes me up seeing so many people there helping her and performing this life changing operation .. a huge thankyou to all involved ❤
They are also sharpening their skills to help other unfortunate people.
All I can say is God Bless her. I couldn't watch the whole video but I hope she goes on to heal and have a happy life.
It was refreshing to hear just how smart you are! Not just Botox and facelifts! Wonderful!
Tragic to do something so destructive in just a moment of despair- very sad indeed.