face transplant

A 15-minute period back in 2007 changed Carmen Tarleton’s life forever. Her ex-husband broke into her home, hit her with a baseball bat and sprayed her with a chemical called lye. Today, she is the first American to receive a second face transplant.

22-year-old Joe DiMeo of New Jersey is the world’s first successful face and double-hand transplant.

Doctors say a 22-year-old man from New Jersey is recovering after receiving a rare face and hands transplant.

For the second time in a decade, a New Hampshire woman has a new face. Carmen Blandin Tarleton, whose face was disfigured in an attack by her ex-husband, became the first American and only the second person globally to undergo the procedure after her first transplant began to fail six years after the operation. The transplant from an anonymous donor…