A groundbreaking surgery was completed 20 years ago. The first partial face transplant was performed by a team of doctors in France on Isabelle Dinoire, a French woman who was mauled on the face by ...

(CNN) - A 30-year-old Michigan man hasn’t been able to smile in more than 10 years, but now, he can after becoming one of just a few dozen people to receive a successful face transplant. Derek Pfaff ...

A face transplant is a rarely done surgery that uses donor facial tissues from someone who has died to replace all or part of a damaged face. It’s a complex procedure that requires multiple surgical ...

ROCHESTER — Ten years ago, as Derek Pfaff was on life support following a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his family was preparing to donate his organs, if he died. Now, 30-year-old Derek Pfaff is on ...