A US woman revealed her new face after a transplant today, six years after her ex-husband disfigured her by dousing her with industrial-strength lye, and said she went through "what some may call hell'' but has found a way to be happy.
Carmen Blandin Tarleton had face transplant surgery in February and spoke publicly for the first time at a news conference.
"I'm now in a better place, mentally and emotionally, than I ever could have imagined six years ago," Tarleton said. "I want to share my experience with others, so they may find that strength inside themselves to escape their own pain. In 2007, the 44-year-old mother of two was attacked by Herbert Rodgers, who believed she was seeing another man. Police say he struck her with a bat and poured lye - an industrial chemical - from a squeeze bottle onto her face.
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