He'd been waiting for this day, and when his doctor handed him the mirror, Andy Sandness stared at his image and absorbed the enormity of the moment: He had a new face, one that had belonged to ...

BEIJING, April 14, 2006 — -- Doctors in northwest China have successfully carried out the country's first face transplant. Chinese surgeons performed a partial transplant on a 30-year-old Chinese ...

Joe DiMeo was the first survivor of a combined face and double hand transplant. He and his wife, Jessica, have made his story go viral Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Face-transplant technology has come a long way in seven years. Oct. 18, 2012— -- Face-transplant technology has come a long way in seven years. Richard Lee Norris, a Virginia man who was severely ...

'I didn't want to talk to anyone about it. I wish I would have now.' Only about 50 people in the world have ever received a face transplant, and the story of how this man got to this point is full of ...

Joe DiMeo was 18 when his body was burned beyond recognition in a high-speed crash that nearly took his life. The teenager fell asleep behind the wheel after clocking out of a night shift, slammed ...

Before face transplants, burn victims and others who’d lost substantial amounts facial tissues in a traumatic incident could only rely on a patchwork of skin grafts from elsewhere on the body or ...

We talk with Jack El-Hai author of 'Face in the Mirror', a new book out now sharing the story of the Mayo Clinics first ever face transplant and how the change saved a life. The FDA Just Added 9 More ...

Derek Pfaff has undergone 65 surgeries since 2014, when he was found lying outside his home on a mound of blood-covered snow Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...

It may be time to take a second look at face transplants. While 19 people worldwide have undergone successful face transplants, their long-term followup may be under-reported, according to ...