His face was destroyed during a suicide attempt and he received a surprising facial transplant.

Cameron Underwood, a young Californian, has committed suicide during a suicide attempt in 2016. He is not dead, but his face was totally destroyed. After several operations, his appearance has improved surprisingly.

The shot destroyed his nose, almost all his teeth and he caused serious damage in most of the lower jaw, the maxillary region and the palate that forced him to take a liquid diet.

With the confinement of his family and his specialists, Cameron opted again for life and has undergone a long road of consultations, operations and, above all, impatience in the face waiting for a donor.

On the road that he traveled to improve his appearance, he found surgeon Eduardo Rodríguez of Langone Health in Manhattan. The specialist of skin grafts makes a face transplant to Cameron.

During the operation that took place in January, they participated More than 100 doctors and it lasted 25 hours. For the operation, among others, a Mask printed in 3D of the donor's face.

After ten months of recovery, Cameron showed his radical transformation. The young man said at a press conference that the transplant had given him a second chance in life. "I am very grateful to you," he says, his guardian angel at his side: his surgeon.

"I am very happy with the results," he said. The man specified that he was always trying to regain sensation and mobility, especially with his lips. "I have a nose and a mouth, so I can smile, talk and eat solid food again, "he said.

Thank you to your other angel, the donor

"I would like to say that there has been so much incredible progress in surgery, I'm living proof of that, but it only happens thanks to special people like Will and his family," he said. said Cameron, referring to William Fisher. the donor who gave him the opportunity to have a new face.

The 23-year-old was an aspiring writer and filmmaker. He died in December 2017, a victim of a mental illness. His mother, Sally, lamented the death of her son, but said she was grateful that she had made her decision. donate their organs to "give life to others".

Sally celebrated that Cameron has "the opportunity to recover your dreams"Being part of this experience has been a source of strength for me during a very difficult time.He now has a lifetime to live in and I love the idea that Willi helps you "He concluded.