Blog #6: Hope

    For those who are in need of face transplants, there is hope. Many people have been brutally injured or have birth defects upon their faces. And most of those people have never regained or possessed confidence. Well now there is hope, the woman who received the first face transplant ever has reclaimed her confidence. The patient, who prefers to be anonymous, can finally eat, smell, and drink again. Victims and or people with deformed faces are usually very unhappy and lack confidence. The reconstructive surgery gives them hope in the sense that there is a possibility to lead a normal life. Our confidence comes from both our inside and outside beauty. Yes, inside beauty is more important that outside, but outside has a great influence on people's confidence. Imagine yourself with a deformed face from an accident. You would be one, emotionally disturbed from the actual accident, and two, you would loose a lot of your confidence.  Those who unfortunately posses this problem, just want to lead a normal life. They want to have a normal look. Looks may not be everything in life, but confidence is important. With facial reconstructive surgery, there is hope for those in need. There is hope for a better life.

         Landau, Elizabeth."CNN." 16 Feb. 2009. CNN News. 17 Feb. 2009

              [http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/16/face.transplant.patient/index.html]