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Face Transplant Recipient Gives Her First Post-Op TV Interview
Lauri Apple · 10/27/11 07:53AMCharla Nash, the Connecticut woman who miraculously survived a vicious attack by her neighbor's pet chimpanzee (his name was Travis!?) back in 2009 but lost her face and hands, has given her first interview since undergoing a face transplant earlier this year. In interviews she gave before her operation, she wore a veil to cover her face. Now she doesn't have to do that anymore, and she's relieved. "I just know that it's okay...and I don't have to worry about scaring anyone," she says during the interview, which the New York Post reports will be shown tonight on Channel 5 in the UK. She says she was "disappointed" that an attempt to replace her hands wasn't successful, but hopes that maybe another try will work out in the future. What a brave and inspiring woman.
America's First Face Transplant Recipient Looks Pretty Good
Brian Moylan · 05/09/11 03:08PMMeet Mitch Hunter, the Fourth U.S. Face Transplant Recipient
Seth Abramovitch · 04/26/11 11:42PMMitch Hunter, an army private from Indiana, has become the fourth American in history to successfully undergo a face transplant. The operation took 14 hours and required a staff of 30 at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, who have now performed three such groundbreaking procedures.