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<h3><span style="color:#3b0404;">Mitch Hunter, now 35, was left disfigured after a horror smash 14 year ago which saw his vehicle plough into a 10,000 volt electrical pylon</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#3b0404;">The full face transplant recipient who suffered horrific burns in an auto crash describes the remarkable transformation</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#3b0404;">Hunter talks about his radical face transplant which has transformed his life leading him from a PTSD patient to a positive outlook</span></h3>
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<h6><strong>Mitch Hunter: &#8216;The new me&#8217;</strong></h6>
<p>Mitch Hunter, now 35, was left disfigured after a horror smash 14 year ago which saw his vehicle plough into a 10,000 volt electrical pylon which literally melted the skin off his face and neck .<br />
21-year-old Hunter, who served in the US army, needed 20 skin grafts from his leg and back after the brutal accident. Today he says that when his now-wife fell pregnant, he put himself forward for a full face transplanthe. He became the third person in the world to receive a full facial transplant earlier this year as he shares his journey to &#8216;full transformation&#8217;.</p>
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<h6 class="inline-image clearfix portrait"><strong>Serviceman: 21-year-old Mitch Hunter before the accident</strong></h6>
<p>Hosting a Q&;A session with Reddit users where he answered questions about the remarkable transformation. He described how it took a team of 30 doctors more than 14 hours to painstakenly transform his face, replacing his eyes, nose and lips and reattaching facial muscles and nerves.</p>
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Mitch before the transplant surgery. The auto crash up the pylon blasted him with electricity for five minutes.</strong></h6>
<p>&#8220;The transplant it self took a little over 14 hours which involved debriding all my scarred tissue, then preparing the blood vessels and nerve endings to be attached to the new face.<br />
&#8220;Once they placed the new face on, a lot of micro surgery was done, but surprisingly they only connected three nerve endings, both sides of my cheeks and forehead.&#8221;</p>
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Mitch convalescing post-surgery,</strong> [which was quite successful] and allowed him to keep some of his organs, like his ears</h6>
<p>&#8220;The healing process to almost a year for it to finally settle in and look somewhat normal,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I started gaining sensation about 6 days after the surgery, it was a tickling/tingling sensation.<br />
&#8220;Within the first year I had gained back about 50-60% sensation.&#8221;</p>
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Mitch debuts his &#8216;new face&#8217;, January 2016</strong></h6>
<p>&#8220;Now five years out I have 100% sensation,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The muscle control is pretty good, still learning to use mt lips better though, as I can&#8217;t smile big and show my teeth.<br />
&#8220;But I can raise each eyebrow individually!&#8221;<br />
When questioned Mitch from Indiana revealed he CAN grow his own facial hair, and kept his ears and hair.He said that he would have to take anti-rejection drugs forever.</p>
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Mitch,June 2016, hosting the reddit Q&;A</strong></h6>
<p>On his appearance, he said: &#8220;I look a lot like myself to be honest, your bone structure gives you your appearance.<br />
&#8220;Don&#8217;t worry about offending me, it&#8217;s damn near impossible, I make fun of my shortcomings all the time!<br />
&#8220;I look nothing like the donor. They see me as me too, they don&#8217;t see any resemblance to their son.<br />
&#8220;I coped very well, it never bothered me that it&#8217;s not my original face. What bothers me is someone had to die for me to receive this gift.&#8221;</p>
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<h6><strong>Buffed Mitch, seen here in 2015</strong></h6>
<p>&#8220;The female passenger was struck by a down wire and I pulled her off and got blasted myself, 10k volts 7 amps for roughly 5 mins,&#8221; he said.<br />
&#8220;Majority of the electricity exited my face.<br />
&#8220;The electric shock has only messed with my memory.&#8221;<br />
Mitch revealed he has recently had a &#8220;very emotional&#8221; meeting with his family.</p>
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Mitch and his mini-me: His reason for opting for a full face transplant</strong></h6>
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Mitch, circa 2016, with flowing beard</strong></h6>
<p>One cheeky user asked Mitch how the &#8220;Many-Faced God&#8221; is, after the Game of Thrones character.<br />
Mitch replied: &#8220;He&#8217;s great.&#8221;<br />
Talking about the accident he revealed that he suffered PTSD after the horrifying incident.</p>
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Mitch Hunter, Full face transplant patient who suffered horrific burns in car crash details the journey of his transformation
