If you are in India or China and meet a pretty girl in a bar, you could wake up without a face,

Sad. Didn't know it was originally bitten off by a Labrador. Just assumed it was a Pit Bull or Dobermann or something. But a Labrador? Thought those were the most docile creatures on earth.

The whole story is creepy weird. I think all they did was some skin grafts. Regardless, what happened to confidentiality, you dumbass french. Also, mauled by a labrador? Aren't they friendly dogs? And, they say the recipient of the transplant had o.d.'d in an attempt to commit suicide and her labrador only ate her fact in an attempt to revive her. wtf?

"About Face," starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Does Tom love Meg for Meg? Or is it those sweet, sweet transplanted lips he can't get enough of?

What would be really daring would be to do it as a musical. All the numbers are already there: "I've Got You Under My Skin," "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," etc.

Could Tom be the labrador reincarnated and trying to make amends? Lots of potential for doggie style sex.

They totally ripped this off from John Woo.

I was thinking more of on the lines of John Q, with Denzel Washington. His kid needs a heart transplant, and just as Denzel is about to kill himself o give the heart to his kid, POOF! - some woman dies in a car wreck and incredibly her heart is matched to Denzel's kid, and the heart is delivered in what seems like 15 minutes and the kid lives! woohoo!

Here, a woman needs a face, and POOF! - some woman hangs herself and gives her the needed face.

Hmm - wonder what would have happened if it were a man that killed himself?

I can't believe they put the poor dog down. The woman overdoses and doesn't even think about leaving her dog there to feign for itself. If the dog freaked out and just started scratching at her face, it's not like an attack.

Or is it those sweet, sweet transplanted lips he can't get enough of?

Have you seen Meg Ryan's lips lately? They *are* transplants. And it looks like her body's trying to reject them.

I was thinking more of on the lines of John Q, with Denzel Washington.

The racial angle is good. Try this on for size: an evil Republican politico in the mold of Dick Cheney is horribly disfigured in an accident, but doctors manage to reconstruct the lower half of his face using a skin graft from a recently deceased black man. The Cheney character soon finds himself speaking truth to power, to the great consternation of his oil-baron masters. Don't miss the finale, in which proud brother Cheney makes an impassioned plea to the board of his racially-restrictive country club to retain him as a member in spite of the fact that his face is now one-half black. Think of it as a cross between "Bulworth" and "Down to Earth." Directed by Rob Reiner.

Actually, they already made this movie, didn't they?

Oooo, I like the smoke coming out of Rosie Grier's eyes.

This reminds me of the movie Face Off.

I'm going with the Doc on this one. Sad all around, although it is a good thing for people who have suffered terrible accidents.

Still, the story is said. I hope she gets herself together. (No pun intended.)

The earlier stories said it was a Labrador mix. I assumed it was mixed with pit-bull.

I believe the terible movie your thinking of, starring Minnie Driver and David Duchovny, is called Return to Me. Except it's a heart not a face and it's still a horrible premise.

I understand the French have had some limited success with transplanting hands, forearms, and now faces. When do they start working with spines?

What would be really daring would be to do it as a musical. All the numbers are already there: "I've Got You Under My Skin," "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," etc

Or, if rejection sets in, "I've grown a crust onto my face..."
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About the mean, face-eating dog; He probably wasn't a purebred lab. He was a pound animal with a history of aggression.

Since they don't crack off the donors face bones along with the skin, the recipient won't look much like the donor. The skin draped over the recipients bones looks like a whole new person.

I'd kill myself too, if I were Fwench! Mon Dieu! I forget, I am Fwench! They claim the Labrador was trying to revive her. Sure, just like that tiger was trying to revive Roy. I think I will not let my dog lick my face any more though.