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'New chance at life': Man gets face, hands in rare surgery
Almost six months after a rare face and hands transplant, Joe DiMeo is relearning how to smile, blink, pinch and squeeze. The 22-year-old New Jersey resident had the operation last August, two years after being badly burned in a car crash.
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Good for him! I cannot imagine the pain and suffering he has had to endure to get to this stage.