Face transplant woman can smile
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The results of the operation have been dramatic
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The recipient of the first partial face transplant has recovered so well she can go out without people noticing her scars, her surgeon has said.
Isabelle Dinoire, from Amiens, France, received the graft from a brain-dead donor after being mauled by her dog.
One year on, her surgeon Bernard Devauchelle said she continued to make excellent progress and that he had plans to carry out more operations.
Mrs Dinoire has told him she could smile and looked like herself again.
Professor Devauchelle, from the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens, France, told AFP news agency: "Aesthetically, the transplant has fitted in very well with the shape of her face. People who hadn't seen her before her accident now recognise her, which is very interesting.
"You still see scars, of course. From time to time, there are minor inflammations which occur near wires that lie deep beneath the skin.
"But elsewhere, the scar lines have almost completely faded. If she puts on a little bit of makeup, she looks fine."
clipped from: news.bbc.co.uk 
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