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Healing Gel developed by Plastic Surgeon

Irish surgeon and plastic surgery maestro Mr Peter Butler, famous for spending fifteen years determinedly working towards performing the world's first full face transplant, has found time to help develop a "miracle" healing gel for plastic surgery scars.

Called "Heal", the gel is being heralded as a new breakthrough in minimising surgical scars and reducing bruising.

Mr Butler, born in Cork and trained in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), along with four other plastic surgeons, "stumbled" upon the formula while looking at ways to speed up patient recovery time.

In other words, they've accidentally developed a magic skin cream — in between trying to perform a radical and controversial surgical procedure that only received ethical approval in the UK in 2006.

Mr Butler and his 30-strong team at the Royal Free Hospital in London have been searching for suitable face transplant donors for years, well before the French team performed the partial face transplant on Isabelle Dinoire, who lost her cheeks, lips, chin and much of her nose when she was mauled by her dog while sleeping (the exact details of the incident remain slightly confusing).

Mr Butler very recently told the British Medical Journal that the operation will "probably" be done this year.

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