The first American to receive a full face transplant has said his young daughter's first words upon seeing him after the operation were: "Daddy, you're so handsome.
Mr Wiens said the process had been 'amazing'
Mr Wiens was blinded and his face almost entirely burned off after his head hit a power line af he painted a church while on a cherry picker in November 2008.He appeared before a packed room of reporters and photographers with a new, somewhat swollen face and a new head of hair.
"I adapted to it very quickly," Mr Wiens said.
"As time went on. I was able to smell again and breathe through my nose. Every step of the way was amazing."
Scarlette Wiens was happy with her father's transplant
He said the first thing his nose was able to detect after months of having no smell was hospital lasagne.
"You wouldn't imagine it, but it smelled delicious," he said.
Surgeons said the transplant was not able to restore his sight.
They added that some nerves were so badly damaged from his injury that he will probably have only partial sensation on his left cheek and the left side of his forehead. www.mannamart.com
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