World's First Face Transplant Recipient Isabelle Dinoire Passed Away in April 2016

The world's first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April 2016 "after a long illness", a French hospital said on Tuesday Sep 06,2016

In 2005, at the age of 38, Dinoire received a graft comprising the nose, lips and chin of a brain-dead donor to replace parts of her face that had been mauled by her dog.

The hospital in Amiens, northern France, confirmed the death of "Mrs D., the first patient in the world to receive a face transplant in an operation carried out by Professor (Bernard) Devauchelle and his teams on November 27, 2005."

The hospital said her death had been kept quiet to protect her family's privacy