Friday, 10 July 2015

meet the white man that turned black after liver transplant

A fair-skinned man, who was given a liver transplant from an African-American donor, claims the operation is turning him black, Krasnodar, Russia.
Semen Gendler urgently needed a liver transplant after being diagnosed with hepatitis C and cancer.
As a transplant was his only hope, the man immediately went to America, where he was offered the liver of a 38-year-old African-American man.
The life-saving operation, which cost him around $500,000, was successful and after awhile Gendler returned home.
Mr Gendler before (left) and after the operation. (CEN)
Several months later his friend noticed some skin colour transformations in Semen.
He said: “I noticed that his skin was getting darker. When he told me they had given him the liver of an African-American man, I guessed that was probably the reason for the colour change. I have known my friend for years and he has always been, if anything, extremely pale. Now for the first time ever he is becoming dark-skinned.”
While being little surprised with his skin colour changes Semen didn’t seem to care much about it.
He said: “I could end up much darker than this to be honest, I don’t care. The main thing is that the liver works and I am healthy.
It’s incredible, I am now so full of energy and living between two cities in New York and Krasnodar – and if my skin ends up dark, who cares. I certainly don’t.”

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