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Charlie Jones

First person to ever have successful face AND double hand transplant finds love

The first person to ever have a successful face and double hand transplant has found love five years on - and revealed his new donor face is twice his age.

Joe DiMeo, 24, suffered third degree burns to 80 per cent of his body and had his fingertips amputated after his Dodge Challenger crashed and burst into flames in July 2018.

He underwent 20 reconstructive plastic surgeries and skin grafts before spending 23 hours in August 2020 having the pioneering surgery.

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