A domestic abuse survivor has become the first person in the world to get a second face transplant. Carmen Tarleton is "very happy" with her new look after surgeons were able to transform her face following her ex's cruel chemical attack.
In 2007, she had suffered horrific burns after he hit with a baseball bat and sprayed her face with lye. The corrosive chemical, which is used to unclog drains and disinfect toilets, blinded her in one eye, damaged the other and left her disfigured, reports the Daily Star.
The former nurse, who lives in Vermont, in the US, said she had a face transplant in 2013. It lasted for seven years, but her body then started rejecting it.
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