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Slideshow: Putting Her Best Face Forward

The recipient of the world's first partial face transplant goes public, a little more than two months after French doctors give her a new nose, chin and lips.
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From left, Dr Benoit Lengele, Dr Sophie Testelin, Isabelle Dinoire, and Dr Sophie Cremades, address reporters during her first press conference since the transplant at Amiens hospital.Photo: AP/Michel Spingler

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Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world's first partial face transplant with part of a nose, chin and lips on Nov. 27, 2005, addresses reporters during her first appearance at a press conference since the November surgery at the Amiens Hospital. At left is Dr Sophie Testelin.

Photo: AP/Francois Mori