Patrick Hardison puts on his shirt. Photo by JJ Sulin
David Rodebough (Left); Patrick Hardison (Right) before the 2001 accident. Courtesy NYU Langone
A Day in the Life of Patrick Hardison, Face Transplant Survivor
Fourteen years and 71 surgeries after a firefighting accident left Patrick Hardison with no lips, ears, eyelids, or skin on his face, he still remained grossly disfigured. Then he met Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, chair of plastic surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center. He suggested a daring idea: to remove Hardison’s face and attach another. In August 2015, a suitable donor was found—David Rodebaugh, a bicycle mechanic who had been in a fatal accident. He had a matching blood type and compatible genes.
After a 26-hour surgical procedure, Hardison emerged with a new face. This spring, Popular Science tagged along with him during a follow-up visit to Dr. Rodriguez to see what life is like in someone else’s skin. Read the feature.
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