Connie Culp

Face transplant patient Connie Culp was shot in the face by her husband, Thomas Culp , in 2004, in a botched murder-suicide attempt. Connie Culp is working toward recovery from the shotgun blast that destroyed her face. After shooting his wife, Thomas shot himself and both survived. Connie was left blind and disfigured. Thomas was sent to prison for 7 years. Thanks to new advances in medical technology, Connie has received the first face transplant in the United States. And there's a chance... Read Full Story

In 2004, Connie Culp, an Ohio wife and mother, was shot in the face by her husband, Thomas Culp.  She was left with a huge hole where the middle of her face used to be.  Her husband was handed a five-year jail term for what he did. Today, thanks to the first face transplant in U.S. history, Connie Culp came forward and made a public appearance showing off the remarkable work that has been done on her new face. To say that she had been disfigured is an understatement.  I will caution you... Read Full Story

Connie Culp, the gunshot victim, who underwent the first face transplant in the U.S. is now able to smell, taste food and breathe through her nose, her surgeons reported in the November/December issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. Read Full Story

Connie Culp, a 46-year-old mother-of-two, is the recipient of the first U.S. almost-total face transplant that took place last December. Culp was left without the middle section of her face after her husband shot her in 2004. Culp revealed the results of her surgery for the first time before public. The pictures could be hard to view but the story is very compelling! It’s so compelling that I decided to share it with all of you. more photos of Connie Culp below.. Connie said: “When... Read Full Story

Connie Culp is the first US face transplant recipient and she has put on display off the work of her doctors to try and bring attention to the family that helped her and speak out to teach people not to be so cruel to those with disfigurements. The woman was shot in the face by her husband and the injuries were horrific. Half of her face was gone and she barely survived and could only eat through a straw. In fact, Connie was able to survive through that small hole in her throat as... Read Full Story

The Massachusetts man who received the nation's second face transplant is speaking out. James Maki told The Boston Globe that he asked for a mirror four days after the operation and stared in wonder at his reflection. He told the doctor who performed the April 9 operation, Bohdan Pomahac (POE-ma-hawk), that he couldn't believe he looked so much like he used to. Maki is still at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston recovering. A news conference is scheduled for Thursday. The 59-year-old... Read Full Story

Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation's first face transplant, and her new look was a far cry from the puckered, noseless sight that made children run away in horror. Cleveland Clinic Online Culp's expressions are still a bit wooden, but she can talk, smile, smell and taste her food again. Her speech is at... Read Full Story

There were a lot of choices for today’s hot topic, from American Idol’s Adam Lambert and his rendition of Led Zepplin ’s Whole Lotta Love on last night’s Idol performance to the US Navy’s new supership, the USS Freedom , so why, do you ask, did I choose this name — someone you may have never heard of before (I know I hadn’t)? Because HER story goes beyond the trivialness that is the Idol experience and supercedes the reasons we need a ship like the Freedom. Her story brings hope... Read Full Story

First U.S. face transplant shows her face. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation's first face transplant more HERE Read Full Story

The woman who had the nation's first face transplant says it was the smell of soap that made her realize her new face was working. Connie Culp also says she still thinks about how she looked before her husband shot her in a failed murder-suicide in 2004. In an interview Friday with ABC's "Good Morning America," the 46-year-old Unionport, Ohio, woman said she forgives her husband, who went to prison for seven years. The blast shattered her nose, cheeks, the roof of her mouth and an eye. Culp... Read Full Story