Face transplant woman feels again
Thair Shaikh
Independent, UK
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Isabelle Dinoire, 38, had the 15-hour operation to replace her chin, lips and nose last November in the northern French town of Amiens.
A team of eight surgeons rebuilt part of her face which was lost when she was mauled by her pet Labrador in May last year at her home in Valenciennes, northern France.
"The scars have considerably healed. The doctors are confident. In addition, I have recovered total feeling," she said in an interview withLe Journal du Dimanche.
Asked if she had accepted her new face, she replied, "It's too difficult to explain."
Ms Dinoire, who has two children, said that her ability to speak had also improved.
Before the transplant, Ms Dinoire's lipless gums and teeth were permanently exposed, and most of her nose was missing, torn off by her Labrador, who attacked her as she lay unconscious after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
Ms Dinoire still receives an anti-rejection treatment every week and takes 10 pills every day. Several times a day she must also examine a small patch of skin from the donor on her stomach, that would alert her if the tissue was being rejected.
May 01, 2006
Thair Shaikh
Independent, UK
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Isabelle Dinoire, 38, had the 15-hour operation to replace her chin, lips and nose last November in the northern French town of Amiens.
A team of eight surgeons rebuilt part of her face which was lost when she was mauled by her pet Labrador in May last year at her home in Valenciennes, northern France.
"The scars have considerably healed. The doctors are confident. In addition, I have recovered total feeling," she said in an interview withLe Journal du Dimanche.
Asked if she had accepted her new face, she replied, "It's too difficult to explain."
Ms Dinoire, who has two children, said that her ability to speak had also improved.
Before the transplant, Ms Dinoire's lipless gums and teeth were permanently exposed, and most of her nose was missing, torn off by her Labrador, who attacked her as she lay unconscious after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
Ms Dinoire still receives an anti-rejection treatment every week and takes 10 pills every day. Several times a day she must also examine a small patch of skin from the donor on her stomach, that would alert her if the tissue was being rejected.
May 01, 2006
