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    Acid attack victim gets new face

    Carmen Tarleton, the Vermont woman whose face was disfigured in a lye attack in 2007, received a full face transplant. The 44-year-old Tarleton underwent the surgery earlier in February. A team worked 15 hours to transplant the facial skin, including the neck, nose, lips, facial muscles, arteries and nerves.

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    1. Face transplant recipient Carmen Tarleton speaks at a news conference at Brigham and Women
    2. Carmen Blandin Tarleton of Thetford, Vermont, right, is embraced by Marinda Righter, daughter of face donor Cheryl Denelli-Righter, at Brigham and Women
    3. Marinda Righter, daughter of face donor Cheryl Denelli-Righter, kisses face transplant recipient Carmen Tarleton during a news conference in Boston
    4. Dr. Bodhan Pomahac, at podium, with his surgical team, speaks to reporters regarding the face transplant of Carmen Blandin Tarleton, pictured left, at Brigham and Women
    5. FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, Carmen Tarleton is interviewed in her home in Thetford, Vt. Tarleton, the Vermont woman whose face was disfigured in a lye attack received a face transplant. D
    6. This July 2011 handout photograph provided Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 by the Brigham and Women
    7. This undated photograph provided by the Brigham and Women
    8. This February 2013 photograph provided by the Brigham and Women
    9. FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, Carmen Tarleton is interviewed in her home in Thetford, Vt. Tarleton, the Vermont woman whose face was disfigured in a lye attack received a face transplant. D

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