Robert Chelsea endured an agonizing six-year wait for a new face as doctors struggled to match a donor with his skin color, but he now says he is doing well despite struggling to see himself in the mirror.
Robert Chelsea was the first black patient to have a full face transplant after suffering horrific burns in a car crash. Four years on, he still feels like he s looking at someone else in the mirror
Robert Chelsea made history in 2019 when he became the first black person and at age 68 the oldest patient to receive a full face transplant following a near-fatal car crash that left him with disfiguring burns.