Got a new face: world-Renowned patient is dead

Connie Culp drew the headlines back in 2008 when she was the first american patient who was transplanted a new face. Now she is dead at the age of 57 years.

It writes the New York Post.

Cleveland Clinic, is the clinic, where Connie Culp received his transplant, confirms her death on Twitter.

the cause of Death remains uncertain.

We are saddened by the loss of Connie Culp, the first face transplant recipient in the U. S.

She was an inspiration to all of us to the Cleveland Clinic. pic.twitter.com/gvuJCzf7Jd

— ClevelandClinicNews (@CleClinicNews) July 31, 2020

'Connie was incredibly brave, a vibrant woman and an inspiration to many', writes Dr. Frank Papay, chairman of the Cleveland Clinic.

See also: Got the face from the dead: - I look like myself

Back in 2004, survived Connie Culp, an attempted murder, where she got shot the face of, then she got transplanted an entire new face from a donor.

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It was Connie Culps man who shot her in the face with a oversavet shotgun. He was sent to prison for seven years, while she was scarred for life.

the Shot left a huge hole in her face. Nose, cheeks, mouth, and one eye was gone. Several hundred pellets and bone fragments were buried deep in her face.

After a 22-hour operation back in 2008, replaced doctors 80 percent of Connie Culps face with bones, muscles, skin and blood vessels from another woman who was dead.

These other women were also ruined their faces (+).

Such as Connie Culp before she was shot. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/HO