Read the article here: http://www.boston.com/whitecoatnotes/2013/02/27/brigham-surgeons-perform-face-transplant-vermont-woman-burned-lye-attack/SYmlGe9WApa5Sh5HPh8nZK/story.html
In June 2007, a 44-year-old woman named Carmen Tarleton was mercilessly attacked by her husband. He beat her head with a baseball bat and burned 80% of her body with industrial-strength lye. She almost died, but she somehow pulled through. As you can imagine, the brutal attack left her horribly burned and disfigured, especially in the face.
Carmen was on a 14-month waiting list to get a complete face transplant, and this month, she finally got the chance. It was only Brigham hospital's fifth face transplant and it was successful.
"She's one of the most inspirational people I've met," Dr. Pomahac, her surgeon at Brigham hospital said about her.
I think this story is heartbreaking, but the doctors at Brigham worked a miracle, in my opinion. I don't know how anybody--even somebody as twisted as Carmen Tarleton's husband--could beat somebody so badly that they require a face transplant. You hear of transplants every day, but how often is it that you hear of someone getting a face transplant?
Even though she's mostly blind from the accident and emotionally scarred I assume, her face looks good considering the circumstances and I hope she can lead a more normal life.
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