Gendler before the operation Gendler after the operation |
A Russian man, Semen
Gendler, who was given a liver transplant by an African-American donor has
claimed the operation is turning his skin black. Gendler, from Krasnodar,
southwest Russia, was in urgent need of the transplant after being diagnosed
with hepatitis C and cancer. Doctors said his only hope was a liver transplant,
and after contacting business partners in the USA, Gendler flew there for the
life-saving operation. He was given the liver of an unnamed, 38-year-old
African-American man for the transplant, which reportedly cost him around
£325,000.
Reports claimed Mr
Gendler obtained a liver transplant after paying the large sum in the U.S,
where the operations can be agreed more quickly than in Russia. Gendler said
the transplant initially gave him ‘a new lease of life’, but was then told by a
work colleague that his skin ‘seemed to be changing colour’. His colleague,
Igor Atamanenko 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 guess
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, and now for the first
time ever, he is becoming dark skinned.’
Gendler denied that the skin colour change
could’ve simply come from a suntan. 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.’ He said that he had never been somebody to go
out in the sun much and had always avoided it even after the transplant which
meant he didn’t believe a suntan was the reason for the change in colour of his
skin.
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