World’s first full face and double hand transplant successful, doctors say

Months after a man in the United States received the world’s first full face and double hand transplant, doctors are only now calling it a success.

Joe DiMeo was 20 years old when his life changed, for the first time. After surviving a car accident, he was left with burns to 80 percent of his body and the skin on his hands and face had melted.

After finally finding a donor last August, doctors attempted what had never been successfully done before – giving someone a new face and two new hands.

Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding has the story.

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