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Face-Transplant Recipient: Don't Judge People by Looks

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted May 5, 2009 6:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – The nation's first face-transplant recipient met the public for the first time since her December operation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Connie Culp, who had been shot by her husband in 2004 and essentially lost the middle of her face, has "progressed tremendously,"... Read full story »

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