Michigan Man Gets Successful Face Transplant

Survivor of suicide attempt receives innovative face transplant: ‘It was just a miracle’
Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night that forever changed his life.
Michigan Man Gets Successful Face Transplant After Suicide Attempt
Derek Pfaff tried to take his own life 10 years ago, but miraculously survived, although his face was left severely damaged.
Facing the world again: Michigan man survives suicide attempt, undergoes face transplant
After surviving a suicide attempt, Derek Pfaff, of Harbor Beach, waited 10 years for the face transplant that has the power to transform his life.
Rochester's Mayo Clinic successfully completes face transplant for Michigan man
The face of 30-year-old Derek Pfaff was left severely damaged by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 5, 2014, while he was in college.
Mayo Clinic’s complex face transplant gives man new hope
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A Michigan man has found new hope after receiving the second and most complex face transplant at Mayo Clinic. Derek Pfaff, 30, is now able to function almost normally after a decade. Pfaff can now eat, blink and smile, many of the things he missed.
US man receives successful face transplant 10 years after suicide attempt
A life-changing face transplant has given Derek Pfaff the ability to smile, ten years after he attempted to kill himself.
Transplant at Mayo Clinic replaces 85% of patient’s face after more than 50 hours of surgery
After 58 surgeries that kept him alive but disfigured, Pfaff underwent a transplant at Mayo Clinic in February that replaced 85% of his face with donor bone, tissue and skin. He wasn’t allowed to look at himself for a month afterward.
The story of Mayo Clinic's second face transplant, a decade in the making
A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff's life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again when he received the gift of a new face.
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