This piece on transplantation and The Eye (2008) is the second blog in our series on Halloween, Horror Films, transplantation and the face. In this installment, Lauren Stephenson (York St John) explores the tensions between science and the body, and matters of the soul and the self.
This October, we're countering the casual exploitation of horror narratives around appearance and the limits of the body, reflecting on transplantation narratives on film with a guest blog series.
Why hasn’t it happened yet? Barriers to face transplantation in the UK There have been 48 face transplants around the...
Robert Chelsea and the First African American Face Transplant: Two Years On By Fay Bound Alberti On 27 July 2019,...
In April 2013, a Polish stonemason, Grzegorz Galasiński, received the world's first 'emergency' face transplant after an industrial accident. The operation was performed within three weeks of injury, and was the first face transplant performed in Poland. For the first time, doctors described the surgery as life-saving, rather than life-enhancing. Consultant plastic and aesthetic surgeon Dan Saleh reflects on this surgery in our latest guest blog.
—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love)— … Elizabeth Bishop, “One Art” Sensational Surgery: What does ‘success’ look...
From unideal circumstances to the “ideal” facial transplantation candidate: Lessons from visible difference research on the importance of patient-focused psychological...
Image credit: Len Rubenstein In 2007, Carmen Tarleton was attacked in bed by her ex-husband, who broke into the home...
By Dr Fay Bound Alberti After a month of lockdown, the UK has the second highest death rate from Coronavirus...