His injury wasn't just skin deep — the incident severely damaged the nerves, muscles and bones in his face. Maurice Desjardins was severely injured in a 2011 hunting accident. The surgeon remembered explaining his proposal — and the risks — in a long conversation with Desjardins and his wife, Gaétane. "I don't care what face I'm going to get, as long as I look like everybody else." In early 2017, Maurice Desjardins visited the sprawling Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in eastern Montreal to undergo a week of intense and invasive screening.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2018 09:11 UTC