Latest technique to restore woman's damaged face

A 27-year-old woman is expected to have a nose and a mouth again after a series of surgeries in Shanghai.

Experts said they have used an innovative method to rebuild the woman's face, cultivating nose and upper lip tissues on her chest area for later transplant.

Such technology, which uses the patient's own tissue rather than a donor, is a major breakthrough in the field, according to Shanghai No 9 People's Hospital affiliated with the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.