Another surprise bonus of my scar is that I can use it as a weight-gain tool. I don't have the luxury of saying I'm going to put on 10 pounds, because whenever I put on weight the scar tissue ...

CHAPEL HILL -- An estimated 20 percent of people with chronichepatitis C who receive a liver transplant will develop advancedcirrhosis, scarring of the new organ severe enough to impair itsability ...

Doctors remove as much as 60% of the donor's liver and transplant it into someone else. Usually, in time, both pieces regenerate to the size of a full liver. It's an all-day surgery; the scar is big.

CHAPEL HILL -- An estimated 20 percent of people with chronic hepatitis C who receive a liver transplant will develop advanced cirrhosis, scarring of the new organ severe enough to impair its ...

Liver disease has four stages. Stage 1: Your liver becomes swollen or inflamed when it’s injured. You generally have no symptoms during this stage. Stage 2: If you don’t treat the source of the ...

Identical Twins till the end. Nick left wearing the same scar across his stomach like his brother. His hepatic... Posted by Teen Twins Transplant: Nick and Devin's story on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 ...

How I learned to stop resenting -- and start accepting -- my liver-transplant scar. Getty Images. Mitzi Miller, as told to Anslem Samuel Rocque. Aug 16, 2016, 12:02 AM ET. Email; Print; ...