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“Getting Richard Norris his new face wasn't easy. For starters, doctors needed a …” — Jeanne Marie Laskas
Getting Richard Norris his new face wasn't easy. For starters, doctors needed a donor who wasn't just a favorable blood match but also had the proper skeletal features and skin color - they calculated only a 14 percent chance they'd find one. Then there was the epic surgery that took a team of 150 people.
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