The face of 30-year-old Derek Pfaff was left severely damaged by a self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 5, 2014, while he ...
Nearly a decade after he shot himself in a failed suicide attempt, Derek Pfaff underwent a 50-hour face transplant at Mayo ...
March 5 had been a day of dread for the Pfaff family since 2014, when Lisa and Jerry found their 19-year-old son, Derek, bleeding in the snow from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ripped away his ...
1️⃣ RIP fall: If you feel cheated out of the crisp autumn weather, you’re not alone. This fall is on pace to be one of — if ...
Derek Pfaff, a Michigan resident and suicide survivor, has undergone a groundbreaking facial reconstruction surgery after a ...
Derek Pfaff has a new face a decade after attempting suicide by shooting himself in the face. He lost his nose, lips, teeth ...
A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff's life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again ...
A member of the Saginaw Catholic community who survived a suicide attempt ten years ago has received a rare face transplant.
The team behind Derek Pfaff's transformational surgery said the procedure took around 50 hours and was performed by at least ...
A Michigan man can blink, swallow, smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade thanks to a face ...
A Michigan man left disfigured after a suicide attempt a decade ago now has a new face after a Mayo Clinic surgery that took ...
Mayo Clinic announced on Monday that in February, a team performed a successful face transplant on a Michigan man.