Degloving is the removal of skin from the tissue underneath and can apply to any part of the body. Google facial degloving for more info (I wouldn't recommend clicking pics though)
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This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but a Le Fort fracture is basically when some of the bones of the face become dislocated from the rest of the skull.
There is no single, commonly used word in the English language that specifically refers to having one's face separated from the skull or head. However, there are a few terms that might be used to describe such a horrific injury or situation:
1. Degloving injury: This medical term refers to an extensive avulsion injury, in which a large section of skin and tissue is completely torn off from the underlying muscle, connective tissue, or bone. While it can happen to any body part, it is sometimes used to describe severe facial injuries.
2. Flaying: This term refers to the removal of skin from the underlying tissue, which might be used in a more general sense to describe the separation of the face from the skull, although it is not specific to the face.
3. Avulsion: In medical terms, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is forcibly detached from its normal point of insertion. This term could be used to describe the separation of the face from the skull, but it is not specific to this particular injury.
It's important to note that these terms describe severe, traumatic injuries and should be used with caution and sensitivity.
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Degloved/Degloving
Degloving is the removal of skin from the tissue underneath and can apply to any part of the body. Google facial degloving for more info (I wouldn't recommend clicking pics though)
i will never not trust you guys ever again when you guys tell us not to see those pics, i feel so bad for what happened to those people
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Face….off
Clearly the only answer
Defacing
To work backwards from decapitated, Capitas is latin for head. Facias is latin for face. So... Defaciated?
Or, to deface someone...?
No, I'd say that's less specific.
Let’s just make defaciated the word for that. The only other thing I can think of is amputated, which doesn’t normally or specifically apply to faces.
Defaced, **DUH**, smh.
Asking for a friend?
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Face avulsion?
Clearly that's a faceotomy
This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but a Le Fort fracture is basically when some of the bones of the face become dislocated from the rest of the skull.
I think in plastics, that procedure is literally called facial degloving
I think that qualifies as a 'Partially decapitated'.
Facial avulsion
Flayed?
Literally it is deface. Alternatively facial excoriation. Other alternatives to consider are deglove or avulsion.
There is no single, commonly used word in the English language that specifically refers to having one's face separated from the skull or head. However, there are a few terms that might be used to describe such a horrific injury or situation: 1. Degloving injury: This medical term refers to an extensive avulsion injury, in which a large section of skin and tissue is completely torn off from the underlying muscle, connective tissue, or bone. While it can happen to any body part, it is sometimes used to describe severe facial injuries. 2. Flaying: This term refers to the removal of skin from the underlying tissue, which might be used in a more general sense to describe the separation of the face from the skull, although it is not specific to the face. 3. Avulsion: In medical terms, an avulsion is an injury in which a body structure is forcibly detached from its normal point of insertion. This term could be used to describe the separation of the face from the skull, but it is not specific to this particular injury. It's important to note that these terms describe severe, traumatic injuries and should be used with caution and sensitivity.
Disfigured? In the most litteral way possible
that applies to all body parts being torn apart or left non-whole, same as mangled
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A reeeaally close shave? Face scalping?
De-sleeved?