(CNN) Seven years ago, Carmen Tarleton received a face transplant, a decision she made after her estranged husband attacked her in 2007 with a bottle of lye, disfiguring her face beyond recognition. "That first face transplant served me very well," Tarleton, who is recovering from her home in New Hampshire, told CNN. "And when it started to fail I just knew from experience that a face transplant gives me the comfort and function I want and need on a daily level -- that I'm going to live a better life with a face transplant." "It was tough," said Dr. Pomahac, when asked how difficult the decision was to go forward with the second face transplant. Doctors in Paris, France performed the first two-time face transplant on Jérôme Hamon in 2018.

Source: CNN August 10, 2020 23:48 UTC