To Get a Loved One’s Face, a Lifelike Mask in Return

Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, head of NYU Langone’s face-transplant program, in New York, Nov. 13, 2017. Surgeons at New York University hope a 3-D printed reproduction will encourage people to donate the faces of dying family members for use as transplants. “We try to respect the dignity of an individual who gave up his face or her face,” he said. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)