'I WAS SAVED'.ISABELLE Dinoire Isabelle Dinoire, born 1967, was the first person to undergo a partial face transplant, after her dog mauled her in May 2005. Prior to the operation, she could barely eat or speak but after the operation, she can do both. does not regret her decision to be the first person to have a face transplant A face transplant is a skin graft that involves replacing part or all of a patient's face with a donor face. Purpose People with faces disfigured by burns, trauma, disease or birth defects might benefit from the procedure. , saying: "I have been saved." Ten months after the operation was performed, she is now rebuilding her life. Despite early signs of rejection she has regained sensation in her face. She said: "Lots of people write saying that I need to go on, that it's wonderful. It's a miracle somehow." Doctors at Amiens University Hospital who carried out the operation - following a mauling by a dog that tore off her nose, lips and chin - are delighted with her progress. Surgeon Dr Bernard Devauchelle said: "Everyone agrees that the result is excellent and we were right to do what we've done." |
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