Joe DiMeo’s Successful Face and Double-Hand Transplants Are a Historic 1st

The 22-year-old who has received the first successful face and hand transplant in the world is now back in the gym and working on his golf swing. Joe DiMeo, who lives in New Jersey, underwent the procedure in August after burning 80% of his body in a horrific car crash in 2018. Although DiMeo isn’t out of the woods and will be on medication for the rest of his life to make sure his body doesn’t reject the transplants, experts at NYU Langone, where the surgery took place, said it was a success.