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Surgeons give teenager a new chin

news.bbc.co.uk — A teenager from Ireland has been given a new "million dollar chin" by surgeons in America.

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  • xxMorrissey, on 12/20/2008, -2/+43The video player's volume goes to 11!
  • MourningLemon, on 12/20/2008, -0/+29I thought this would be about Chin-chan. Congrats to Alan, and I wish him the best of luck!
  • XedLos, on 12/20/2008, -4/+29***** im going to hell

    http://www.prowebsurfer.com/public/toolbar/content ...

    (if you've been on the netz for a while you know this came to mind)
  • chancesarent, on 12/20/2008, -0/+25Here he is pre-chin
    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archi ...
    http://www.foxnews.com/images/289939/1_62_jawless_ ...

  • Chainheart2, on 12/20/2008, -0/+25*****, life just isn't fair.. it's easy to look at these pictures for a few seconds and then move on, but imagine living with it
  • dougyfresh, on 12/20/2008, -1/+21Best part; "Looking forward to seeing relatives and friends again, especially the women"

    You get em bro!
  • Murrabbit, on 12/20/2008, -4/+24The one problem: In America a million dollar surgery ACTUALLY COSTS A MILLION DOLLARS!
  • Dagreenman, on 12/20/2008, -0/+20***** YEAH SCIENCE!!!!

    Congrats Kid, you got an awesome christmas present.
  • crushfan, on 12/20/2008, -2/+18Well, some people want everything and complain all the time.. On the other hand, some of them only want to have a chin. A chin. The guy wanted a chin for all his life. A chin.

    A chin.
  • jeches, on 12/19/2008, -2/+16wow... he sure looks a lot better now.
  • Zervaman, on 12/20/2008, -0/+9Really makes me think about all the things that I take for granted...

    Oh, and medical science is awesome! Improving lives everyday!
  • weirddave, on 12/20/2008, -3/+12If you were as smart as Stephen Hawking, I bet you could actually come up with a joke instead of just pretending like you did.
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -3/+11Scanning for sarcasm...
  • Fadakar, on 12/20/2008, -0/+8Congratulations to him, seems a bit self concious but how could you not be with a condition like that in your teen years? I'm really glad he feels better about himself. I hope the other operations pull through!
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -3/+10oh come on people that was funny
  • DeadSkinMask, on 12/20/2008, -0/+7Nigel: ...the numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board.
    Marty: Ahh...oh, I see....
    Nigel: Eleven...eleven...eleven....
    Marty: And most of these amps go up to ten.
    Nigel: Exactly.
    Marty: Does that mean it's...louder? Is it any louder?
    Nigel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it?
  • fishstyle, on 12/20/2008, -2/+9dug for dramatic use of repetition to convey a point.
  • japican, on 12/20/2008, -1/+8"We can rebuild him..."
  • Hnnnnnghhh, on 12/20/2008, -0/+6If you've seen an earlier story on him before the surgery, it's actually a great improvement. Next step should be text-to-speech technology that's not from the late 70s.
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -0/+6It's looks better, but not $1 million better. Should have bought a mclaren F1, then he could score chicks.
  • TheAbdBoy, on 12/20/2008, -2/+7I'm pretty sure God has a sense of humor. If I was him, I wouldn't send you to hell.
  • Kazumato, on 12/20/2008, -0/+5Poor guy :(
  • XxpokemasterxX, on 12/20/2008, -1/+6babes.
  • XxpokemasterxX, on 12/20/2008, -1/+6Jay Leno needs whatever the opposite surgery is.
  • yellowfish04, on 12/20/2008, -0/+5It's also easy to imagine living with it for a few seconds, then move on.

    I agree though :( you just gotta keep things in perspective and be thankful for what you've got
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -0/+5Is there a before picture? It's difficult to gauge the effectiveness of the surgery without a comparison. Great story none the less though. It makes my heart hurt.
  • alphahack, on 12/20/2008, -17/+21More pictures of the million dollar chin here...

    http://tinyurl.com/8b2agh
  • joshmoney, on 12/20/2008, -0/+4You can tell by the pixels.
  • captbaritone, on 12/20/2008, -0/+4The smile was actually created by the doctors when they made his chin.
  • joshmoney, on 12/20/2008, -0/+4http://www.speaknspell.co.uk/speaknspell.html
  • joshmoney, on 12/20/2008, -0/+3I don't now, do you?
  • Amadeus2490, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3I'm not going to lie: The end result looks like *****. That kid deserves a do-over.
  • Samohtneas, on 12/20/2008, -0/+3Haha, oh wow.
  • yellowfish04, on 12/20/2008, -0/+2Oh wow. Thanks for the before pics. I was thinking "man, still doesn't look like much of a chin", but after seeing these I'd say it looks incredible. Hope he has better days from this point on.
  • GregorCZ, on 12/20/2008, -0/+2chancesarent posted these in another comment:
    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archi ...
    http://www.foxnews.com/images/289939/1_62_jawless_ ...

    Surgery was definitely a success
  • dhVyse, on 12/20/2008, -2/+4Man, reminds me of this girl from highschool with a really long looking face. My buddy always used to bust her chops, "HEY WHY THE LONG FACE?".

    Which she would reply, "I'm not sad?"

    Good times, good times.
  • ozydingo, on 12/20/2008, -0/+2You just made my day.
  • LawnMowerKitten, on 12/20/2008, -5/+7This surgery would have never been performed in Ireland.

    ...Not by the hair on my chinny-chin -chin.
  • pastel7, on 12/21/2008, -1/+3All I ever wanted was a cellar.
  • vicvance, on 12/21/2008, -1/+3sarcasm found, initiate laugh in 3...2...1...
  • Philbert, on 12/20/2008, -1/+3Sucks that his talking device (not sure what it's called) is so crappy.
  • RADRaze2KX, on 12/25/2008, -0/+1now he needs braces, and a better speech device, cuz that ***** is slooow
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -1/+2Poor chin chan.
  • xxMorrissey, on 12/20/2008, -1/+2My thoughts exactly!
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1I don't think he can hear you.
  • h0dges, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1And this was only discovered A YEAR AGO!
  • inactive, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1Can't get the video to load.
    Here it is on YouTube:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68meqLjMyHM
  • p47plane, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1Nah. reminds me of the "Say that to my face, and not on the internet kid"
  • Kwinti, on 12/20/2008, -1/+2Next up: Jay Leno
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