Jay Leno shows off his ‘new face’ 3 months after garage fire

Jay Leno is displaying his “new face” three months after his garage fire.

The Tonight Show alum, who suffered third-degree burns when his face, neck, ear, higher physique, left arm and fingers caught fire on Nov. 12, appeared on Wednesday’s Kelly Clarkson Show together with the physician and nurses who handled him.

“This is a brand new face,” Leno, 72, stated. “It is. It’s unbelievable.”

In between cracking jokes about his accidents, he retold the story about engaged on his 1907 White Steam automotive in his 140,000 sq. foot Burbank, Calif., garage when, whereas attempting to unclog a gas line, he was hit with a face of gasoline which caught fire through the automotive’s pilot mild.

“Only for the second time in my career am I the new face of comedy,” he quipped. “I got it once in the ’80s and now I get it again. This is a brand-new ear.”

Yes, Leno’s ear was reconstructed after the incident, which necessitated a number of surgical procedures. Dr. Peter Grossman, who handled him on the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills, Calif., appeared on the present — together with nurses Karin, Alyssa and Amy, who assisted in Leno’s care — to debate the way it all performed out.

“When I first saw Jay, I was a little uneasy,” Grossman admitted. “He was a little bit more significantly burned that I had hoped. Knowing that it’s Jay Leno — and a face that everybody recognizes — there’s a little bit of angst going on there.” However, “He’s done remarkable… He’s a good healer.”

Leno joked that he received a “new face in about 8 days” on the hospital. He went on to disclose that he’ll be internet hosting a profit for the hospital, to assist youngsters being handled there, earlier than gifting the three nurses with journeys to Atlantis within the Bahamas as a thanks.

Since Leno’s accident, he is returned to work and has a full schedule of shows slated. However, he subsequently had different accidents ensuing from a motorbike accident on Jan. 17. That left him with a damaged collarbone, two damaged ribs and two cracked kneecaps.

News of the garage fire broke in November. At the time, Grossman talked about performing a surgical excision and grafting process, through which nonviable tissue that might delay wound therapeutic was eliminated and a organic pores and skin substitute was placed on the burn areas, to speed up Leno’s therapeutic. Leno additionally underwent “very aggressive” hyperbaric oxygen remedy — a therapy that will increase oxygen to injured areas to hurry up therapeutic.

Leno gave his first TV interview to the Today present’s Hoda Kotb in December. In it, his long-time pal Dave Killackey, who smothered the fire on his face and extinguished the automotive, stated Leno “downplays” what occurred however he was “engulfed.” He stated Leno’s face was “a wall of fire.”