The world’s first face transplant patient is “already smiling” just months after her groundbreaking operation, a member of her surgical team told a conference of plastic surgeons.

THE Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant showed off her new features yesterday, saying in a heavily slurred voice that she now looks “like everyone else” and hopes to resume a normal life.

The woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant showed off her new features in a room full of reporters and cameras today.