Meet the man who gave up his face to save his life

Donnie Fritts had to make a terrible choice: his face or his life.

That's what doctors told him after he was diagnosed with an extremely rare, aggressive cancer called ameloblastic carcinoma that attacks facial tissue and bones. His only hope to survive was an extreme surgery that would remove his nose, upper lip and palate, part of his forehead and part of his brain. Read more at: Health on TODAY

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