Face transplant recipient Connie Culp, shown before and after her surgery, underwent the first face transplant surgery in the United States at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008 after she lost most of the midsection of her face from a gunshot in 2004.

Face transplant recipient

Connie Culp, shown before and after her surgery, underwent the first face transplant surgery in the United States at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008 after she lost most of the midsection of her face from a gunshot in 2004.