Eight years previously, Robert Chelsea sustained third-level burns on extra than half of his body when his vehicle became as soon as hit by a below the impact of alcohol driver.
In 2019, he turned the first ever African American recipient of a burly-face transplant.
That is narrative of his restoration, a principal take a look at of religion, identity and personality.
Since the first partial face transplant became as soon as performed in 2005, there were no longer up to 50 worldwide. In step with federal records, in 2015 17% of dim patients waiting for an organ transplant bought one, compared to 30% of white patients.
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Filmed and directed by Hannah Lengthy-Higgins
Produced by Ben Davis
Edited by Vara Szajkowski and Hannah Lengthy-Higgins
Sound Recordists: Tamika Adams and Paige Sutherland
Executive Producer: Vara Szajkowski
With thanks to Brigham and Women individuals’s Neatly being facility
