CNN
For the first time in America and only the fourth time in the world, surgeons have performed a near-total face transplant. The operation was done this month by a team of eight surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. A spokeswoman said that 80% of the patient's face was transplanted. A French woman who had been marred by her dog was the first to receive such a transplant a few years ago. It carries the risk of rejection and patients have to take immune-suppressing drugs for the rest of their lives.