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  • December 2007
    • First Face Transplant Patient Smiles—Slightly

      First Face Transplant Patient Smiles—Slightly

      (Newser) - Isabelle Dinoire can smile a little, her doctors reported yesterday, a big accomplishment for the world’s first face transplant recipient. Her case shows that the controversial surgery can work—but it also highlighted the risks involved. Dinoire has dealt with two tissue-rejection episodes, two kidney failures, anemia and high blood pressure in the 18 months since the transplant in France. More »

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      France   blood pressure   cosmetic surgery   face transplant

  • October 2007
    • She Views Life From Behind a New Face

      She Views Life From Behind a New Face

      (Newser) - Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who in November 2005 received the world's first partial face transplant, has taught herself how to eat and speak again, but what she really wants to learn, the Guardian reports, is how to kiss. In a new book published in France yesterday, Dinoire describes her slow adjustment to living with another woman's face after surgery. More »

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      France   cosmetic surgery   transplant   face transplant

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