Chrissy Steltz

Chrissy Steltz got an incredible new prosthetic face recently, 11 years after her face was brutally disfigured by a gunshot wound that left about 40 pellets in her face at the age of 16. Doctors say it was a miracle she survived, and she's had to wear a sleeping mask for the last decade to cover the gaping holes where her eyes and nose used to be, according to New York Daily News. Doctors created a lifelike prosthetic face for Steltz, made to look like she did 11 years ago, also taking...Read Full Story

London, July 18 (IANS) A woman, who had her face blown off by a shotgun blast when she was 16, has been given a prosthetic replacement. Chrissy Steltz, 27, from Milwaukie, Oregon, was shot accidentally at close range by a friend at a party in March 1999. The shot blew a huge hole in her face where her eyes and nose used to be.Read Full Story

London, July 18 (IANS) A woman, who had her face blown off by a shotgun blast when she was 16, has been given a prosthetic replacement. Chrissy Steltz, 27, from Milwaukie, Oregon, was shot accidentally at close range by a friend at a party in March 1999. The shot blew a huge hole in her face where her eyes and nose used to be.Read Full Story

Blind Woman Uses Accessible Cookbooks from Bookshare to Cook on Rachael Ray Show Chrissy Steltz, a woman who lost most of her face in a gun accident, and received the first-of-its-kind prosthetic face, will be on the Rachael Ray show in a segment featuring Bookshare. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) October 4, 2010 Media Advisory: Blind Woman Uses Accessible Cookbooks from Bookshare to Cook on Rachael Ray Show Who: Chrissy Steltz, a blind woman, who received the first-of-its-kind prosthetic face...Read Full Story

A woman, who had her face blown off by a shotgun blast when she was 16, has been given a prosthetic replacement. Chrissy Steltz, 27, from Milwaukie, Oregon, was shot accidentally at close range by a friend at a party in March 1999. The shot blew a huge hole in her face where her eyes and nose used to be. Steltz went into a coma and spent six weeks in hospital, reports the Telegraph. Doctors said it was a miracle that she was not killed but the blast left her badly disfigured. She was also...Read Full Story