Gunshot to the face

This is a CT scan photo, supplied by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000137" title="Cleveland Clinic" href="/topic/health/hospitals-clinics/cleveland-clinic-PLCUL000137.topic">Cleveland Clinic</a>, of Connie Culp, after a gunshot injury to her face led her to become the first face transplant patient in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000001" title="United States" href="/topic/politics/government/national-government/united-states-ORGOV0000001.topic">the United States</a>, left, and after the surgery, right. Culp underwent the surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008. The 46-year-old mother of two lost most of the midsection of her face to a gunshot in 2004.

( Image provided by Cleveland Clinic / May 5, 2009 )

This is a CT scan photo, supplied by Cleveland Clinic, of Connie Culp, after a gunshot injury to her face led her to become the first face transplant patient in the United States, left, and after the surgery, right. Culp underwent the surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008. The 46-year-old mother of two lost most of the midsection of her face to a gunshot in 2004.

  • Email E-mail
  • add to Twitter Twitter
  • add to Facebook Facebook
  • add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon
Comments are filtered for language and registration is required. The Times makes no guarantee of comments' factual accuracy. Readers may report inappropriate comments by clicking the Report Abuse link next to a comment. Here are the full legal terms you agree to by using this comment form.
Connect
Advertisement
Oklahoma tornado 'was a monster'

Oklahoma tornado 'was a monster'

FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime

FBI spied on Fox News reporter

Michael Jackson paranoid, anxious, obsessive, director says

Jackson paranoid, obsessive, director says

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity

ADHD linked to adult obesity

Photos of the Day
More »

Video