Nose grown on mans FOREHEAD

[lemons]

A new nose has been grown by surgeons on a patient's forehead, so it can be transplanted to replace his original one.

Xiaolian, 22, didn't look after his badly damaged nose following a traffic accident in August 2012.

The infection corroded the cartilage of his nose, making it impossible for surgeons to fix it.

They then decided to grow him a new one at a hospital in Fuzhou in Fujian province, China.

It was grown by placing a skin tissue expander onto Xiaolian's forehead, cutting it into the shape of a nose and planting cartilage taken from his ribs.

The surgeons said that the new nose is in good shape and the transplant surgery could be performed soon.

Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy is Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).

He says: "The forehead is a traditional place to get extra tissue from to rebuild a nose. The skin from there is a good match for nose skin.

"Most importantly, the forehead skin can be moved to the nose and keep its blood supply, which is essential otherwise the skin would die."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/24280766

[Cerys]

It's actually quite cool that they can do that ngl

must be so odd having it like that though..

[lemons]

i wonder if water gets stuck in it when it rains!

[Catchy]

tbh I think that nose is uglier than his actual nose...

[Gina]

i saw this on bbc news haha
it looks so cool tho ahhh
i wouldnt mind a forehead nose

[Phil]

That is outstanding tbh. It'd be so annoyign if it was like raining and all the water was just going in your nose omg

[wixard]

i wouldn't mind growing a new nose on my forehead to replace my current one