“When Constance was told she had cancer of the mouth she thought she would be terribly disfigured…until a leading surgeon performed his miracle”
TO LOOK at Constance Searle today you would never guess that half her face has been re-built in an astonishing 12-hour operation. Surgeon Iain Hutchison removed a slice of bone five inches long and one inch thick from her shoulder blade and crafted it into a jawbone. He then used it to replace the left hand side of Constance’s cancer-ravaged face from her ear to her chin.”It is absolutely brilliant,” says Constance, 65, from Rainham, Essex.
The Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert featured in The Lancet.
The Lancet 19.01.2002 - Article on SF Art ProjectThe Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert was hosted at the Glasgow School of Art. Read the reviews below.
Review of SF Art Project in Glasgow Scotland on Sunday - Review of SF Art Project at Glasgow School of Art Scottish Sunday Herald 06.01.2002 - Review of SF Art Project in Glasgow
The launch of Saving Faces was marked at the National Portrait Gallery hosting the Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert.
Exhibition marks launch of face charityProfessor Hutchison speaks to Ed Stark on BBC Radio Scotland about the Saving Faces Art Project by Mark Gilbert.
The Art of Saving Faces