‘Risks and need for skin transplant are debatable’

MATTHEW Teffeteller might seem an ideal candidate.

Hair is driving him crazy. What used to be a beard can’t grow through the skin-graft quilt that Vanderbilt University doctors stitched over parts of his face that were seared off in a car crash. Trapped under this crust, hair festers, leading to staph infections, pain and more surgeries.

“It’s a nightmare and it never ends,” he said. “Being burned is the worst thing that can happen to you. I’m about sure of it.”