Face Reconstruction

Hello!

Today I'm going to tell you about face reconstruction. People perform face reconstruction when there is fires and there are only bones left, they publish an ad in the newspaper with the face on it so that friends or family can give more information about the victim. 

The traditional way to perform this act was to:

1. Insert depth pegs into a cast of the skull
2. Sculpt or draw in the underlying facial muscles and tissue
3. Completely cover the pegs and smooth skin,(clay) over it
4. Add hair, eyes, and color the skin and all of the features they just added. 

That was the traditional, non-modern way of doing it, and it could take days or weeks to complete. The modern way, which would take about one day to make. Here are the steps:

1. The skull is scanned by a laser and the scan is then sent to a computer database
2. The user of the computer will then mark the points where the scan needs to be altered to match the real skull
3. It is matched with a replica of the real skull and the changes are made
4. Then, electronically, face muscles and skin is added
5. Then a 3-D model of the face is printed
6. Then a photo of a person with the same features is wrapped around the face.

I hope you learned something today!

Over & Out!

Elise