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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 06 > ‘Here I am,’ patient says

‘Here I am,’ patient says

First face transplant patient in U.S. shows her new face

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 6, 2009

CLEVELAND — Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman.

Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation’s first face transplant, and her new....

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