Spanish Face Transplant Patient Leaves Hospital

Posted on May 4, 2010

A Spanish man who underwent a partial face transplant in January appeared in public Tuesday for the first time since his operation. The man appeared with his mother and sister. NBC News reports the man's original face was deformed with benign tumors because of a congenital disease.

There appears to be a great deal of swelling that has not gone down, but he looks great considering the bottom two-thirds of his face were replaced. Take a look:

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