Face Transplant Patient Displays Features (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_on_re_eu/face_transplant"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060206/capt.xfm10702061437.france_face_transplant_xfm107.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=5DBQ_374Vk0r6iGY_MO47A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world's first partial face transplant with part of a nose, chin and lips on Nov. 27, 2005, addresses reporters during her first appearance at a press conference since the November surgery at the Amiens Hospital, northern France, Monday Feb. 6, 2006. The 38-year-old woman was mauled by her pet Labrador in May, leaving her with severe facial injuries that her doctors said made it difficult for her to speak and eat. At left is Dr Sophie Testelin. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Frenchwoman who received the world's first partial face transplant showed off her new features Monday, and her scar: a faint, circular line of buckled skin around her nose, lips and chin. But where she once had a gaping hole caused by a dog bite, she now has a face.</p><br clear=all>