Isabelle Dinoire

A 43-year-old man who underwent Spain's first facial transplant was making very good progress Friday, the surgeon who conducted the operation said. "The patient is doing very very well. But we have to be careful," Pedro Cavadas said." The man received a new face from a 35-year-old man who died in a traffic accident in Wednesday's operation at the Hospital La Fe in the eastern city of Valencia which lasted 15 and a half hours. It was the eighth such operation to have been carried out... Read Full Story

Hospital officials say Spain's first face transplant patient — the first anywhere to get a new tongue and jaw — has been so pleased by his new appearance that he smiled. Surgeon Pedro Cavadas says the 43-year-old man, who underwent the surgery Tuesday at La Fe hospital in the eastern city of Valencia, may go home in about a week. The man lost part of his face more than 10 years ago due to radiotherapy. Cavadas said the patient will need to learn to eat and speak intelligibly again after more... Read Full Story

Isabelle Dinoire underwent the first face transplant; shortly after her surgery (left) and 10 months later (right). THE DIRTY ARMY:  Nik whats up man? love the website, been a fan for a long time.  So I know you’re always sayin how 7heads and other uglies should get head transplants…well it’s now possible. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic announced to reporters “the successful completion of a near-total face transplant surgery, a clinic spokeswoman told CNN today.  Ugly girls really... Read Full Story

Connie culp, isabelle dinoire, isabelle dinoire face transplant, connie culp wiki, first face transplan. Connie Culp, center, who underwent the first face transplant surgery in the U.S., is helped to the podium by her head surgeon, Dr. Maria Siemionow, right, as well as Renee Bennett, the nurse manager for the Clinic’s transplant program, far left, and Pat Lock, a nurse with the transplant team, third from left, before speaking to the media at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic in... Read Full Story

Isabelle Dinoire, from Valenciennes, northern France, was the recipient of ground breaking face transplant surgery in November 2005 after her face was badly mauled by her pet Labrador. But three years on from that momentous occasion she admits to an uncertainty concerning whose face she sees when she looks in the mirror. “Before the operation, I expected my new face would look like me but it turned out after the operation that it was half me and half her(the donor).” She told French... Read Full Story

The photograph shows Isabelle Dinoire just after the operation (left) and one year on (right). A year after Isabelle Dinoire, from Amiens, France, received the world’s first partial face transplant from a brain dead donor after being mauled by her dog, she is gaining more and more sensitivity and facial mobility. (more…) ShareThis Read Full Story

AP - Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported Friday that their techniques were surprisingly effective, though complications exist and more work is still needed. Read Full Story

AP - Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported Friday that their techniques were surprisingly effective, though complications exist and more work is still needed. Read Full Story

A burn victim who received a simultaneous partial face and double hand transplant in a French hospital has died, the Paris Public Hospital authority said Monday. The man, whose name has not been made public, died June 8 after suffering a heart attack during followup surgery to the April 4 transplant. The Public Hospital authority at the time said it was the world's sixth partial face transplant but the first to include hands as well. The Public Hospital authority had described the recipient... Read Full Story

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AFP) -- US surgeons have replaced 80 percent of a woman's face in what is considered the world's first nearly complete facial transplant, the Cleveland Clinic has announced. It was the first such operation in the United States and the fourth known facial transplant to have been successfully performed to date. The procedure took place in recent weeks on a patient disfigured by a traumatic injury. The hospital was due to hold a press conference Wednesday on the breakthrough... Read Full Story