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Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - C C - Mar 14, 2020
https://www.livescience.com/hand-transplant-skin-lighten.html
EXCERPT: . . . After her accident in 2016, 18-year-old Shreya Siddanagowder's arms were amputated below the elbow. In 2017, she underwent a 13-hour transplant operation performed by a team of 20 surgeons and 16 anesthesiologists, The Indian Express reported on March 7.
Her transplanted hands came from a 21-year-old man who died after a bicycle crash. Over the next year and a half, physical therapy improved Siddanagowder's motor control of her arms and hands, which gradually became leaner than they were at the time of the transplant. But there was another unexpected change: The skin on her new limbs, which had been darker because the donor had a darker complexion, became lighter in color, so that it more closely matched Siddanagowder's skin tone...
[...] "I am the first female in the world to have male hands," Siddanagowder said in a video shared on Facebook in June 2019 ... However, her hands "have feminine features now," Siddanagowder added.
One explanation for her hands taking on a more "feminine" shape could be the muscles adapting to their new host [...] Siddanagowder's doctors are monitoring the changes in her hands' skin color and shape, and they expect to publish the details of her transplant and recovery in a case report ... more evidence will be required to understand what is driving these changes in her transplanted hands... (MORE - details)
RE: Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - Yazata - Mar 15, 2020
Hormones produced by her female body having an effect on the hands?
RE: Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - Secular Sanity - Mar 15, 2020
I think you’d expect them to become thinner and more feminine. Perhaps, due to hormones, activities, etc., but what surprised me was the skin color.
RE: Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - confused2 - Mar 15, 2020
I'm surprised you can graft an XY onto an XX.
RE: Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - Zinjanthropos - Mar 15, 2020
Wonder if she feels an urge to pick up a golf club or has difficulty keeping her new hands from copping a feel of her own body?
RE: Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - C C - Mar 15, 2020
(Mar 15, 2020 08:49 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Wonder if she feels an urge to pick up a golf club or has difficulty keeping her new hands from copping a feel of her own body?
At least this donor wasn't a homicidal maniac, like in the old movies.
Six films featuring evil, possessed, transplanted hands
https://imaginemdd.blogspot.com/2014/03/6-movies-with-transplanted-possessed.html
I bet some countries even have laws against using the organs and appendages of people who had felony records. Kind of like "haunted house" or other "stigmatized property" rules in real estate. It's the psychological feeling that counts, the now temporary nature of "what you don't know can't hurt you" in the information era.
RE: Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter & more feminine over time - Secular Sanity - Mar 16, 2020
(Mar 15, 2020 01:29 PM)confused2 Wrote: I'm surprised you can graft an XY onto an XX.
Not me. Pop out a couple of boys and you’re most likely riddled with XY DNA. Those little varmints have been found on various organs and can even persist in a woman’s brain throughout her life. Kind of puts a whole new spin on "and they shall be one flesh," doesn’t it?
Michrochimerism
That’s probably why I’m so ornery. Half of my husband’s DNA probably invaded my head like a parasite. Come to think of it, I was sweet prior to conceiving. Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
