Full face transplant Spaniard displays new look
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MADRID -- A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery. Identified only as Oscar, the 31-year-old spoke with considerable difficulty at a news conference. During the surgery, doctors lifted an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, and placed it masklike onto the man. He has been unable to breathe or eat on his own after accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.
