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AR15.COM
9/26/2013 8:38:58 AM EDT

Just wait till they get to other parts...

Despite his perhaps bizarre appearance, a man in China who is growing a new nose on his forehead is the beneficiary of a rather common nose reconstruction technique.

The man suffered damage to his nose and an infection after a traffic accident, and the infection had eaten away at the cartilage in his nose, making it impossible to for doctors to fix his original nose. There was no alternative but for doctors to grow the man an entirely new nose on his forehead, according to Reuters.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/mans-forehead-nose-common-reconstruction-technique-8C11264612
9/26/2013 8:40:16 AM EDT
[#1]
He'll drown in the shower
9/26/2013 8:41:16 AM EDT
[#2]
Talk about having your nose in the air.

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9/26/2013 8:42:06 AM EDT
[#3]
What is this I don't even...

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9/26/2013 8:42:25 AM EDT
[#4]
I . . I . . . Im without words
9/26/2013 8:45:47 AM EDT
[#5]
9/26/2013 8:49:22 AM EDT
[#6]
Snot rocket mortar
9/26/2013 9:05:46 AM EDT
[#7]
This isn't terribly new, it's been done for some time.  The first that I heard of it was the guy who was abandoned several times on Everest.

Grow it on the forehead, when ready, swing it down into position.

The guy went from this:



To this: