About a Face

For Isabelle Dinoire, the French recipient of the first face transplant, life has not been easy since the operation in 2005. The media hounded her. People stared and still do. She will be on immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of her life. She has thought many times about giving up, but then she looks in the mirror and thinks about the woman whose face she got. "And I tell myself, I'm not allowed to give up." (CAUTION: the before and after photos may be upsetting to younger children): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20493572