Since 2005, an estimated 30 patients worldwide have undergone experimental face transplant surgeries – extensive procedures that replace one’s skin, muscle, nerve and bone with that of a donor. Carmen Tarleton, who suffered deep chemical burns over much of her body following a devastating attack, is one of them.
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