Isabelle Dinoire

Fast Facts

Born: ca. 1968³

Resides in northern France

Dinoire's face was disfigured after she was mauled by her pet Labrador Retriever on May 28, 2005²

Underwent the world's first partial face transplant on November 27 2005²

Donor was a brain-dead 46-year-old woman²

Surgery lasted 15 hours²

Had two episodes of rejection¹

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Wikipedia: Isabelle Dinoire
New England Journal of Medicine: Outcomes 18 Months after the First... (December 13, 2007)
The Independent: Face transplant recipient Isabelle Dinoire faces... (February 7, 2006)
Washington Post: Face-Transplant Patient 'Satisfied' (December 13, 2007)
New York Times: First Face Transplant Worth The Fuss, Patient Says (December 12, 2007)
ABC News: French Doctors Recount Face Transplant (December 12, 2007)
YouTube Video: BBC Horizon 2006 - The World's First Face Transplant (4:04)

Reuters: Face Transplants Can Work, Studies Show... (August 22, 2008)
Times Online: Surgeons Prepare for World’s First Full-face Transplant (August 22, 2008)
The Sun: Make me pretty again (September 28, 2007)
BBC: 'My face transplant saved me' (October 7, 2006)
MSNBC: Face transplant patient uses new lips to smoke (January 18, 2006)
New York Times: As a Face Transplant Heals, Flurries of Questions Arise (December 14, 2005)
International Herald Tribune: French doctors claim world-first... (November 30, 2005)
BBC: Woman has first face transplant (February 28, 2005)