Joe decided to go public with his story out of a sense of duty: “I feel like it’s a big step in science,” Joe said. Joe was covered in burns on 80% of his body after the 2018 accident. “He knew in his mind that this was not going to be the end of him,” Rodriguez said.
His injuries were extensive, including amputated fingers and severe facial scarring that left him without lips or eyelids.īut since then, Joe has embodied the definition of a survivor. The odds were stacked against Joe, who underwent 20 reconstructive surgeries to address widespread third-degree burns that covered over 80% of his body. Before the accident in 2018, Joe with his parents. “His spirit is so strong,” Rodriguez told The Post of Joe, who was involved in what should have been a fatal car accident in July 2018 after he fell asleep at the wheel. Eduardo Rodriguez, one of NYU’s preeminent plastic surgeons. Joe’s long road to recovery was led by Dr. He is now going public with the success of his operation, which took 23 hours. Always look at the good things.” Joe DiMeo underwent a successful hand and face transplant at NYU Langone. “Never give up and never let your appearance slow you down. “There’s always light at the end of the tunnel,” Joe, from Clark, NJ, told The Post of his amazing transformation. The most astounding aspect of the operation wasn’t the well-orchestrated symphony of doctors. 12, a team of more than 140 surgeons, nurses and other hospital staff were on hand during the 23-hour surgery.
Raven-Symoné got plastic surgery before she was 18: ‘Will people stop calling me fat?’įor the first time in history, doctors at New York University’s Langone medical center have successfully undertaken a simultaneous face and bilateral hand transplant, giving DiMeo, 22, a future he never could have dreamed of three years ago after a devastating car accident. Simon Cowell’s bizarre new look trashed by fans: ‘Too much Botox’ My twin and I blew $200K on boob, butt and vagina surgeries to be Barbies I struggled with my 34H boobs - I sold my house to afford surgery
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