Face transplant woman appears before media
06/02/2006 - 12:21:57The woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant today appeared for the first time before the media, saying “I now have a face like everyone else".
Isabelle Dinoire’s speech in Amiens was heavily slurred and difficult to understand, but she explained how she was disfigured by a dog bite last year.
She thanked the family of the donor who gave her new lips, a chin and nose.
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