World’s First Face Transplant Successful
It was a year ago when a Frenchwoman received the world’s first partial face transplant and doctors now feel that the operation was a success as she is gaining more and more sensitivity and facial mobility.
In the new picture, Isabelle Dinoire is giving a slight smile, and appears to have better control over her face. Dinoire, 39, was severely disfigured last year by her pet Labrador. She still has weekly medical consultations and expects to resume work soon.
Dinoire said she had trouble speaking initially, but now people understand her. She also said, “I can feel just about everything as I did before. It may be someone else’s face, but when I look in the mirror I see me”.
The doctors say that the progress, in terms of sensitivity and mobility, is being noted month after month and the tolerance of the transplant is also excellent.
This marks the first anatomical and functional success of the first ever partial face transplant. British and American doctors are now planning for the first full-face transplant.