MAN GET UNBELIEVABLE FACE TRANSPLANT

    Meet Richard Lee Norris , a man whose life changed forever in 1997 after half his face was blown off by a shotgun he was holding went off at his home in Fieldale, Virginia, following a row with his mother at 22 years. This tragic incidengt left him needing a new tongue, jaw and teeth, as well as extensive facial
reconstruction in surgery deemed controversial because it came with a 50 per cent chance of survival.

    Now 39, he spent years hiding his horribly disfigured face, after the accident, he faced years of cruel taunts from strangers, battled addiction and almost commited suicide.It was a living hell, he said.But now, 17 years later, Norris finally has hope. This was the most extensive face transplant in history. The surgery which lasted for 36-hour was performed by Dr Eduardo Rodriguez, of University of Maryland medical Centre."He never really thought about himself in all of this" Dr E. Rodriguez said. As hope came alife again in Richards life, GQ Magazine will be talking about Norris’s incredible transformation on the outside but also marks how far he has come on his personal journey.Now, instead of looking back with regret, he says he is proud to be a ‘lab rat’ and says he is happy to be in and out of hospitals being assessed by surgeons.The magazine will be released next month featuring Kanye West on the cover.