Here is a bit more information on the where and how this was done.  Needless to say it was quite an effort:

The procedure was performed at the NYU Langone Medical Centre over the course of 26 hours, and involved a team of more than 100 surgeons, doctors, nurses, and support staff, split between two rooms – the donor’s and the recipient’s. The recipient, firefighter Patrick Hardison, had lost almost all of his facial features and scalp back in 2001 when a burning roof collapsed on him in a rescue search.

Do you think these types of procedures will become common or is this a one time thing?

Feel free to comment!

thanks to nyu.edu Langone for the pic