it had no feeling. she didn't know there was a tear on her cheek. flash forward one year later, connie culp is truly going home. you've changed since we last met. >> i can sneeze normal now. >> reporter: who knew you had to get used to having a nose. >> grab my face. >> reporter: there is still swelling around her jaw, which will go down, and the nerve endings are regrowing an inch a month. and she does muscle exercises to ensure she has a kiss and a smile. what do you love to smell now? >> i like smelling flowers. i like smelling david's hair after he gets a shower. doesn't it smell great? >> the best. >> reporter: the donor's family wants to stay anonymous so all connie knows is it was the face of a woman roughly her age. everybody has wondered, and you have wondered too, would you be yourself? would you be someone different? what do you see in your own expressions now? >> i think they've made me look