In France, surgeons have grown a nose on a woman's hand and transplanted it onto her face.

A patient from Toulouse lost a large part of her nose in 2013 after being treated for nasal cancer with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The woman experienced an unsuccessful attempt to reconstruct her nose with a skin flap graft and had difficulty wearing facial prostheses. However, thanks to a revolutionary procedure, a new nose was grown on her forearm and transplanted onto her face.