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In May 2005, a young woman was rushed to hospital with a horrific facial injury. Six months later she went on to make medical history. French doctors took a controversial decision, to perform an operation to perform an operation that has been banned in almost every other country in the world. For some it has redefined the boundaries of transplant surgery. Others questioned the ethics of the operation and fear the consequences. This is the story of Isabelle Dinoire, the worlds first recipient of a face transplant.

In the following years, another woman from the US, Connie Culp, had to undergo the same medical operation after being shot in the face by her husband. This left her without the middle section of her face. Two other such operations have been carried out since then – one on a Chinese farmer and the other on a French man.

The patients not only have to endure a painstakingly long medical process, but also have to deal with the psychological side-effects afterwards. They may have unpleasant emotional feelings towards their donor.

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