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This man is the first African American to receive a full facial transplant

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By Ryan Prior, CNN
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Updated 7:53 PM EDT, Fri October 25, 2019
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20191011, October 11, 2019, Boston, MA, USA -- Brigham Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac visited with his patient Robert Chelsea, of California, on Friday afternoon October 11, 2019. Robert Chelsea is Dr. Pomahac and BWH's ninth face transplant procedure performed at the renowned Boston medical and academic research hospital and expects to travel home to Los Angeles at the end of October 2019.

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"Robert's Story: Robert Chelsea was driving home from church on the 605 in Los Angeles, CA when his car overheated. He pulled to the side of the freeway to await roadside assistance when the unthinkable happened. A drunk driver - with three previous DUI convictions - slammed into his disabled car with such force that it exploded on impact. It was only by the grace of God and the heroism a bystander that he survived the accident.
Robert was in a coma for six months and hospitalized for 18 months with severe burns covering the majority of his face and body. Facial tissue, including his lips were burned off in the accident. Since the accident, he has endured more than 30 surgeries to repair the extensive damage to his body. 
"You have no idea what it's like to speak to a customer, friend, or a loved one when your lips and tongue have been burned. Despite their best efforts to hide their instinctive reactions, I can feel their discomfort, and there is nothing I can do. My business fell apart because of it, and many of my friends drifted away." - Robert Chelsea
Robert, grateful to have survived the ordeal, finds comfort in his faith and he looks forward to the day when he can kiss his daughter's cheek with his own lips again." 
-- https://www.robertchelsea.org/roberts-story/

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20191011, October 11, 2019, Boston, MA, USA -- Brigham Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac visited with his patient Robert Chelsea, of California, on Friday afternoon October 11, 2019. Robert Chelsea is Dr. Pomahac and BWH's ninth face transplant procedure performed at the renowned Boston medical and academic research hospital and expects to travel home to Los Angeles at the end of October 2019.

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"Robert's Story: Robert Chelsea was driving home from church on the 605 in Los Angeles, CA when his car overheated. He pulled to the side of the freeway to await roadside assistance when the unthinkable happened. A drunk driver - with three previous DUI convictions - slammed into his disabled car with such force that it exploded on impact. It was only by the grace of God and the heroism a bystander that he survived the accident.
Robert was in a coma for six months and hospitalized for 18 months with severe burns covering the majority of his face and body. Facial tissue, including his lips were burned off in the accident. Since the accident, he has endured more than 30 surgeries to repair the extensive damage to his body. 
"You have no idea what it's like to speak to a customer, friend, or a loved one when your lips and tongue have been burned. Despite their best efforts to hide their instinctive reactions, I can feel their discomfort, and there is nothing I can do. My business fell apart because of it, and many of my friends drifted away." - Robert Chelsea
Robert, grateful to have survived the ordeal, finds comfort in his faith and he looks forward to the day when he can kiss his daughter's cheek with his own lips again." 
-- https://www.robertchelsea.org/roberts-story/

( 2019 © lightchaser photography )
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