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| According to '']'', she has signed a contract with British documentary maker ] that could make her more than £100,000 from the sale of photographs and a ] of the operation. | According to '']'', she has signed a contract with British documentary maker ] that could make her more than £100,000 from the sale of photographs and a ] of the operation. | ||
| ==Partial face transplant== | |||
| The world's first partial ] on a living human was carried out on Dinoire on ] ] by a team of surgeons led by Professor ] (the ] who performed the first successful ] in ]) and Professor ] in ], ]. A triangle of face tissue from a brain-dead human's nose and mouth was grafted onto the patient . | |||
| "Scientists elsewhere have performed ] and ] transplants. However, the claim is the first for a mouth and nose transplant. Experts say the mouth and nose are the most difficult parts of the face to transplant." | |||
| A debate over the ethics of the operation emerged, however, after it was alleged that Dinoire's face had been ravaged by her labrador while she was asleep after attempting suicide by consuming an excessive amount of ]s, and that her donor, ], had committed ] by hanging. Concern was raised over Dinoire's ability to consent to the transplant, considering her mental state. Dubernard strenuously denied that Dinoire had attempted suicide, while Devauchelle insisted he would not have conducted the transplant if he knew St. Aubert had hanged herself, as he feared the ]s in her face would be damaged. {{ref|nytimes}} | |||
| Whether the challenging surgery will be proven successful, is yet to be seen. It was reported on ], ] that Dinoire has used her new lips to take up smoking, which doctors fear will botch her transplant by rejecting the face tissue. | |||
| There has been a change in her appearance. Her original face had a wide, tilted nose, a prominent chin and thin lips. The donated face has given her a straight and narrow nose, a neater chin and a fuller mouth. Dinoire appeared in a press conference on ], ]. | |||
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| *Smith, Craig S. (Dec. 14, 2005). . '']''. | |||
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Isabelle Dinoire, born 1967, is the first person to undergo a partial face transplant, after her dog mauled her in May 2005. Prior to the operation she could barely eat or speak but after the operation, she can do both.
Isabelle Dinoire lives in Valenciennes, Northern France. She is divorced and has two teenage daughters.
According to The Australian, she has signed a contract with British documentary maker Michael Hughes that could make her more than £100,000 from the sale of photographs and a film of the operation.
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