Dallas Wiens, the first American full-face transplant recipient

Dallas Wiens, the first American full-face transplant recipient, in a photo taken before the surgery. He now has a new nose, lips, skin and muscles and nerves. DallasWiens.

A 25-year-old father from Fort Worth, Texas, received a new face in a 15-hour procedure last week, Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced Monday. Dallas Wiens is the first American to receive a full facial transplant.

Wiens received a nose, lips, facial skin, muscles and nerves from a donor, who was not named. The procedure involved more than 30 doctors, nurses and anesthesiologists, the hospital said. It was the country’s first complete facial transplant; two other procedures were considered “partial” transplants.