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My important, ridiculous nose

The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.

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The tale of the toxic kidneys

In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.

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Surviving a flesh-eating disease

Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.

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When kids are offered free cosmetic surgery

When they were a child, Jasmine Owens’ dentist offered to break their jaw – for free. It would make them look better, he said. Read on to find out whether or not they agreed.

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  • Skin-grafting scissors
  • Ulcer being healed by skin grafts
  • SEM of meshed skin graft over burn
  • Chronic ulcer showing healing by skin grafts
  • SEM of meshed skin graft over a burn.
  • SEM of meshed skin graft over burn, + clot
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a skin graft to the bridge of the nose, following plastic surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a skin graft to the bridge of the nose, following plastic surgery: in profile. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with scarring due to a skin graft to the bridge of the nose and face surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with scarring due to a skin graft to the bridge of the nose and face surgery: in profile. Photograph, 1916.
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