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Yahoo
a day ago
- Health
- Yahoo
New York Man's Nose Bitten Off Defending a Woman. 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Surgery Restores His Face
Long Island man Tyson Carter was attacked when he stepped in to help a young woman who was being harassed by two men at a bus stop A fight ensued, and one of the men bit Carter's nose off He underwent a life-changing surgery, and his confidence has been restoredA man whose nose was bitten off during a fight when he stepped in to defend a woman being harassed has undergone life-changing surgery that restored his face. Tyson Carter, 41, had observed two men harassing a young woman at a Brentwood, N.Y. bus stop on January 27, ABC-7 reports. But when he tried to offer assistance, he was attacked. "It was two-on-one and they stomped on my head and chest," Carter told the outlet. "But I wasn't going down. I guess he got frustrated. I knew he bit my nose. My jacket was bloody [but] I didn't realize how bad it was." The extent of his injuries was discovered when he sought medical care at Long Island's Northwell Health's South Shore University Hospital. His nose, Carter says, had been bitten off. But as Dr. Laurent Ganry, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Northwell Health's Jewish Medical Center, explained during a press conference, he was able to fashion a new nose for Carter using an old Egyptian technique combined with modern technology. He first 3D-printed Carter's face, then used clay to make a nose model based on how it looked in past selfies. 'Now I have a template,' he said, according to ABC-7. Taking skin and muscle from his forearm and forehead, Ganry was able to give Carter his nose back through a series of three surgeries. New blood vessels have grown, Ganry said, explaining, 'Basically, the nose is alive.' The procedure to create new noses dates back to ancient Egyptians, the surgeon told the outlet, when people lost noses due to illness or torture. Now, Carter says his friends don't even notice anymore. "[For] most people that know me and haven't seen me in a while, it doesn't even register when they see my face," he said. He can also wear his eyeglasses again. As Carter explained, 'Without my glasses, I can see maybe six inches in front of me.' And while he says, 'for me, it's, like, a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing,' for his medical team, who performs the procedure for people who've lost their noses to dog bites or skin cancer, 'it's business as usual.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Read the original article on People
CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Long Island man whose nose was bitten off sees incredible transformation thanks to 3D-printed replica
A Long Island man is sharing his incredible transformation after his nose was bitten off in a fight. He says he was coming to the rescue of a stranger when the unthinkable happened. "He just bit my nose off" Tyson Carter says he was at a Brentwood bus stop back in January when he witnessed a young woman being badgered by two men trying to lure her into a car. "After a few minutes, I finally just piped up and was like, 'You know, you're making her feel uncomfortable,'" Carter said. A fight erupted. "He was like on top of me, and at some point, he just ... bit my nose off," Carter said. "My heart just dropped," mother June Carter said. His mother feared he could not recover with three-quarters of his nose gone. "Just because someone spoke up, that was way beyond horrible, horrific what they did to my son," she said. Suffolk County Police say all three people involved in the dispute declined to press charges and did not cooperate with the police investigation. "He's like the Michael Jordan of reconstruction" Months later, Tyson Carter has seen life-changing results thanks to an old technique perfected with modern technology by surgeons at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. "The idea is to take the piece of skin from the forehead and flip it to the nose," Dr. Laurent Ganry said. Then, a 3D printer recreated the nose with clay to provide a template for refining the skin in surgeries three weeks apart. Tyson Carter's rebuilt nose is nearly an exact replica. A Long Island man is sharing his incredible transformation after his nose was bitten off in a fight. CBS News New York "It's not an incredible case for what we do every day, but the results is quite, quite incredible," Ganry said. "He's like the Michael Jordan of reconstruction," Tyson Carter said. "People who haven't seen me for a while ... they really can't tell." "I am amazed at how well his nose looks and how some of the scarring has faded," June Carter said. Now able to wear glasses again, Tyson Carter faces one last surgery to help him breathe, but he says what matters most is breathing easier about the woman he stood up for. "The important thing is she's safe," he said. Tyson Carter hasn't been able to work between all the surgeries, but when he does return, he won't be returning to the bus stop. His mother says she will drive him wherever he needs to go.
