James Maki

Pictures of US face transplant patient James Maki James Maki before his face transplant surgery James Maki before surgery James Maki at a press conference Thursday, May 21 James Maki after the surgery More on Face Transplants: Oscar Face Transplant Pictures: Before and After Face Transplant Woman's Identity Crisis Spain's 1st face transplant patient can smile now Joseph Helfgot , the man who donated his face to Maki after dying from complications due to a heart transplant Susan Whitman...Read Full Story

Just weeks after Connie Culp showed the world the results of her technologically ground-breaking face transplant, James Maki has done the same. Maki, 59, is just the second person in the United States to receive a face tranplant. In 2005, Maki fell onto a rail at a Boston subway stop, horrifically burning his face. He lost his nose, upper lip, cheeks, lower eyelid, top of his mouth and underlying muscles bones and nerves. Maki is still healing from the surgery, with more procedures to come...Read Full Story

"I said Brad Pitt, not John bloody Merrick" The recipient of the world's first male face transplant has launched an unprecedented attack on the previous owner of his face . James Maki, 59, who underwent the operation after suffering severe facial damage in a subway accident, launched into his tirade in an acrimonious Press conference this afternoon. Maki, who had lost his nose, cheeks and top lip, claimed he looked like famous Muppet Show character 'Statler' and angrily said, "I'm gutted...Read Full Story