Las Vegas Sun

April 25, 2024

The Cutting Edge: How MMA Fighters Face Pugilistic Plastic Surgery

Watching the blood drive known as the Ultimate Fighting Championship one evening in 2007, Las Vegas plastic surgeon Frank Stile sat talking to his guests about the unfortunate nature of cuts. Eventually, the question was posed: Wouldn’t it be something if he could take out the raw hamburger — OK, scar tissue — that often predisposes skin to lacerations and replace it with something that would have a fighter looking less like a Fangoria cover?

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