Woman, 53, who is the first American to successfully undergo a second face transplant after being burned by her ex-husband in a chemical attack shows off her new face for the first time Carmen Tarleton, 53, underwent her second face transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital last July She became the first American and the second person globally to undergo the procedure after her first transplant failed seven years after the operation Tarleton, a former nurse, showed off her new face for the first time in an interview with NBC's Today seven months into her recovery Tarleton was also recently able to virtually meet and thank her donor's family for the first time