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Old 4th July 2006, 11:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LesMts
I don't understand why there is a moral outcry over this. It's basically just a skin transplant and shouldn't be treated as ethically distinct from any other organ transplant. The overwhelming majority of your facial characteristics are provided by the underlying bone and muscle structure anyway, so it's not as if you're going to look like the donor in the slightest.
This is the right answer.

The person getting the transplant is not going to look like the donor, and as said, it could greatly help people that are facially disfigured.
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