Face Transplant Patient's Amazing Transformation
Carmen Blandin Tarleton received a face transplant after being doused in lye.
Face Transplants, Then and Now
The image here shows the large number of muscles, nerves and blood vessels that surgeons had to take into account when performing Dinoire's partial face transplant. Many doctors have since said that the sheer complexity of the operation, combined with its possibility for complications, makes it an impractical choice for many patients. (Courtesy New England Journal of Medicine)
