Isabelle dinoire born in 1967 in France a divorced mother with two daughters. Lucie, 17, and Laure, 13, Isabelle is the first woman in the history to receive first partial face transplant, the operation made on November 27 2005, a team of sergeants leaded by by Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard and Professor Bernard Devauchelle , The operation took place over the weekend in Amiens, France , A triangle of face tissue including a brain-dead human's nose and mouth was grafted onto Isabelle dinoire .
"I now have a face like everyone else" Isabelle dinoire told reporters Monday at the hospital in Amiens in northern France "A door to the future is opening." The donated face has given her a straight and narrow nose, a neater chin and a fuller mouth.
Dinoire appeared in a press conference on February 6, 2006, which showed that she has partial control over the transplanted muscles, although she appears unable to close her mouth fully , "I pay homage to the donor's family. ... My operation could help others to live again." Dinoire said she was passed out when the dog bit her and that she didn't realize the extent of her injuries when she awoke. "I tried to light a cigarette, and I didn't understand why I couldn't hold it between my lips," she said. "I looked in the mirror. I was horrified.",
For sure this surgery did help people to realize there is hope to others who had the same condition as this brave woman, Isabelle dinoire was the first woman to start this kind of surgeries “ face Transplant “ in the history and she will always be as the hero for all who is affected and got the surgery done, because of her, others got out of the shadow and try to have their face done .
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