Weston: 'I back plans for face transplant'.(News Ban Young Guns)

From: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: October 26, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Gareth Rogers South Wales Echo

Simon Weston, who suffered severe facial burns in the Falklands War, said today he fully supported plans to carry out the world's first full face transplant. The former Welsh Guardsman, who is patron of the Face Trust set up by consultant surgeon Peter Butler, said he ...

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