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I Don't Like Your Face: FaceTransplants

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Charla Nash According to news reports, Charla's friend and employer, Sandra Herold called Charla because Sandra's 14-year-old pet chimpanzee, Travis, escaped and she needed help getting him back inside. When Charla arrived, Travis savagely attacked her. Sandra called 911, and when police arrived, they found Charla in a devastating state. "I would never have imagined that an animal could have done that," emergency worker Andrea Repko says. "[Her hands] honestly looked like they went through a...Read Full Story

Charla Nash Pictures Reveal Post-Healing Results of Face Transplant

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Don't Miss: Chimp Attack Victim Charla Nash Finally Gets Face Transplant Charla Nash Leaves Hospital It's been two-and-a-half years since Charla Nash was attacked by a chimpanzee who very nearly killed her. She lost both her hands and most of her face when she was attacked by the animal and afterward underwent a still-experimental face transplant process. The first pictures released after Charla's face transplant were nearly as gruesome as the before pictures. While it was clear that the bone...Read Full Story

Charla Nash, Chimp Attack Victim, Reveals New Face in First Interview (VIDEO)

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It’s been a long, rocky road for Charla Nash . You may remember that Charla was brutally attacked by a friend’s pet chimp back in 2009 . Travis the chimp tore off her nose, hands, eyelids, and lips. Nash was left blind and so disfigured she had to wear a veil when going out in public. You can see some of Charla’s before and after photos here . After a full face transplant, Nash has begun going out of her house once again, no longer worried that her appearance would scare people. Back in...Read Full Story

Charla Nash Shows her New Face on NBC’s Today

By ZeroFiveNews on | From 05news.com

The Connecticut woman Charla Nash’s reconstructive surgery may prove another milestone in the history of face transplant. Charla Nash was mauled by a 200 pound chimpanzee two years ago and NBC’s TODAY showed her pictures which were also released b Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston where she went under the face transplant surgery. Two years after she was faced off by her friend’s pet chimpanzee, Charla Nash was on ‘Today’ revealing her new face on the Today Show. She was left without a...Read Full Story

Chimp attack victim speaks about new face, new hopes

By gmatsuki on | From donatelife-organdonation.blogspot.com

MSNBC | Meredith Viera Three years after horrific attack, six months after face transplant, Charla Nash says she finally feels free to go out in public again. Meredith Vieira couldn’t stop staring at Charla Nash’s face. That’s nothing new for Nash – nearly three years after a horrific chimp attack literally tore her face off, she’s gotten used to people staring. What was new was the reason for the attention. “Wow. You really look fantastic,” Vieira told Nash. “I’m just—I— I apologize. I'm...Read Full Story

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Don't regulate face, hand transplants

In 2009, Charla Nash became an international sensation. Mauled in a chimpanzee attack, she received experimental face and hand transplants to repair her devastating injuries. Nash's successful transplants -- and others like them -- have opened up the possibility that similar operations could help wounded American troops returning home.

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Chimp attack mum speaks out

A MUM whose face and hands were ripped off by a crazed pet chimp has spoken publicly for the first time since her revolutionary face transplant op. Charla Nash, 55, was trying to catch her boss's escaped monkey, Travis, in February 2009 when he lashed out ...

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Charla Nash is a 55-year-old woman who was mauled by her friend's chimpanzee in February of 2009. Nash was hospitalized for her injuries, but the chimp, named Travis, was stabbed repeatedly, then finally shot when he refused to stop attacking Nash. Follow the story here.

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