Woman Attacked By Chimp Shows The New Face Of The First Image

Woman Attacked By Chimp Shows The New Face Of The First Image  A woman who was full face transplant may be followed by a chimpanzee is a heavy in 2009, has revealed its new face image was posted on Thursday.

Charla Nash, 57, who was photographed in a hospital bed at Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, seems radically different, with a new nose, lips and facial skin.

"Now I can do things I once taken for granted," Nash said in a statement.

"I'll be able to smell. I would be able to eat normally. I will not be disfigured. I want your lips and speak clearly again. I would be able to kiss and hug their loved ones."

Nash was injured, when a friend of 200 pounds (91 kg) Pet Chimp fury went two years ago. He lost his hands, lips, nose and eyes, leaving him blind and disfigured after the attack. The animal was then shot at police.

After going through a tough 20 hours for a full face transplant at the hospital in May, in the image Nash now has a fair, almost blushing, the complexion.

Before surgery, Nash was often photographed wearing a veil to hide her disfigurement.

Nash was a face transplant surgery complete, the third of its kind in the United States, all in the same hospital.

An anonymous donor provided a woman's face, hands and equipment of other tissues that have made surgery possible. The hand transplant was considered a success, but the hands did not prosper after complications from pneumonia and have been removed.

Another hand transplant could be attempted if a suitable donor is identified, doctors said.

Nash's face was reconstructed by the medical team of over 30 doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and residents of a challenging surgery is complicated by the double-hand transplant.

The first face transplant in the world was fully completed in Spain in 2010.