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After an unprecedented transplant, a N.J. man learns to live with someone else's face

DiMeo said he wanted to one day meet his donor’s family. “I’m grateful for them to give this gift to me. I don’t know how to thank someone that gives you a second chance at life,” he added. Joe before the horrific car accident (Image: NYU Langone) The 22-year-old fell asleep at the wheel of his car after working a night shift in 2018. The vehicle blew up, and he was pulled from the wreckage. The explosion left DiMeo with third-degree burns over 80 per cent of his body. He spent the next four months in a New Jersey hospital’s burn unit, including more than two months in a medicall...

Last Updated: World's First Successful Face, Double Hand Transplant Performed On 22-year-old The New Jersey resident, DiMeo, waited patiently for months until doctors found a viable donor to perform world's first-ever face and double hand transplant. A 22-year-old man became the recipient of the world’s first successful face and double hand transplant, following a car wreck that caused 80 percent of his skin third-degree burns. Surgeons performed the complicated procedure on Joe DiMeo that helped him “regain independence,” after a 2018 accident caused his body extreme adversities...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Joseph DiMeo, 22, was severely burned in a car accident in 2018. • 15 min read Man receives world’s first successful face and double hand transplant Joe DiMeo's life changed after he was severely burned in a brutal car accident.ABC Joseph DiMeo was on his way home from working the night shift at his job in Clark, New Jersey, two years ago when he fell asleep at the wheel and his car rolled over and burst into flames. The explosion left DiMeo, now 22, with third-degree burns over 80% of his body.