Eyes Without A Face

Bellucci Mistress
Originally uploaded by Phalanx.

Ever seen this French film? It's an oddball thriller/horror film from the 50s or 60s, about a mad scientist bent on trying to find a way to do a face transplant on his disfigured daughter. Sound familiar, it should cause strikingly similar events were announced today -- in France of all places.

It seems that a team of doctors surgically reconstructed a woman's face (her dog ripped the fuck out of this woman's mug, tore off her lips and cheek). The results won't fully be known until the wounds heal and this woman allows a "before and after" photo to be published.

What does this mean for plastic surgery? Will Hollywood starlets cut themselves to look like movie stars of the past (remember that storyline in James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential?)?

The future looks more and more like a bad sci-fi novel as we live it.