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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2015, 06:31 PM Jun 2015

N.I.: little girl receives 3D-printed nasal implant

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A girl born without a nose has successfully received an implant.

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N.I.: little girl receives 3D-printed nasal implant (Original Post) shenmue Jun 2015 OP

Good, the glue-on varieties don't work well, especially for kids Warpy Jun 2015 #1

Warpy

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1. Good, the glue-on varieties don't work well, especially for kids

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Thu Jun 4, 2015, 06:34 PM

Jun 2015

and she can't grow her own until she's fully grown. Then it becomes a fairly easy process to grow a nose on a collagen and donor bone armature and transplant it onto her face.

Weird one I saw was a burn survivor growing a new nose on his forehead.

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