22-Year-Old Attempted-Suicide Survivor Is Youngest Person to Receive Face Transplant

Now that the main surgery’s over, Katie’s new face will go through some minor tweaking.

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She’s lucky to have made it as far as she has without rejecting any of the tissue. So now, doctors want to focus on improving her eyes, specifically her vision and the position of her eye sockets. There are also plans to slim her face and reduce her scarring.

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