Facial Transplant

Face that doctors built: Gun accident victim shows off world's first full facial transplant

By Tom Worden

Last updated at 2:07 AM on 27th July 2010

 

 

Oscar, 31, underwent a full-face transplant in March. He appeared in public today for the first time at a news conference at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain

Oscar (centre) with his sister and Dr Joan Barrett at the press conference. He can now eat a soft food diet and is learning to speak again

Oscar stands beside Dr Joan Barret, left, and is surrounded by his doctors. He was treated by a team of 30 specialists

 

Before the operation: Oscar lost his nose in a hunting accident

 

Medical history: Dr Joan Pere Barret with X-rays showing the shattered face of the man prior to the operation