I don't think plastic is an option. There isnt an artificial material that can replace skin.
The options are to keep the mangled face, or replace.
The options are to keep the mangled face, or replace.
I hope Katie and her family are continually keeping in mind how they are helping push medical science forward and benefiting future patients. That's a big part of the value of these efforts, in my mind.
If the choice is between being a monster guaranteed to be mistreated and abhorred by most people vs potentially being a somewhat decently normal-looking person, then I think there is no way that someone would choose the way of the monster.