After nearly three years, one of Poland's only face transplant recipients is showing off her amazing new face after a genetic condition led her to develop enormous facial tumors. You have to see 26-year-old Joanna today!
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This is Joanna prior to her face transplant. To protect her privacy, she only goes by her first name in public.
She suffered from a large facial tumor caused by a genetic condition known as neurofibromatosis. Doctors knew that a transplant was needed to relieve her of this burden.
The 26-year-old woman would be just the second person to receive a face transplant in her home country of Poland.
In February of 2014, she would undergo surgery to change her face once and for all.
Dr. Adam Maciejewski led a team of doctors and nurses in a 23-hour surgery, transplanting roughly 80% of her face.
Here is a shot from during her procedure.
Joanna quickly bounced back from her surgery. Here she is being guided through a hospital.
Here is Joanna with her father shortly after the surgery.
She was even able to participate in a press conference related to her groundbreaking surgery...
Joanna spoke at the press conference with her doctor Dr. Adam Maciejewski and surprised everyone with one simple statement.
"I have nice eyebrows now." Now that's how you stay positive!
Here is Joanna after nearly three years!
Her face has honestly come alive as if it was always her own.
She looks absolutely stunning!
But there's more of her!
This picture of her really demonstrates the level of expression she has developed.
Her donor's face has integrated with the muscles and nerves in her face so well that you can't even tell this isn't her original face.
Luckily, the tumors are unlikely to grow back.
This is due to the fact that the DNA in her new face tissue is free of the genetic condition that originally plagued her.
It's incredible what medical technology is capable of these days.
If I passed Joanna on the street, there is no way I would know she had such a drastic procedure done. Kudos to Dr. Maciejewski and the team of doctors and nurses that took part in this momentous surgery.
This story is reminiscent of another successful face transplant recipient Mitchell Hunter who looks amazing five years after having the procedure.
To read more, here is the Diply article.
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