A French man just received a second face transplant — and now he's been dubbed 'the man with three faces'

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• Jérôme Hamon, 43, of France, is the first person in the world to receive two face transplants, the BBC reports.
• He has a genetic condition called neurofibromatosis type 1 that leads to disfiguring tumors on the face. 
• Hamon had his first face transplant in 2010, but years later his body rejected the face and it was removed.
• He waited in a hospital for months without a face while he waited for a new donor.
• In an interview with the BBC, Hamon said he was feeling "well" after the second transplant.

A man in France has become the first person in the world to receive two face transplants, the BBC reports. Now, the 43-year-old has been dubbed "the man with three faces" by French media outlets.

Jérôme Hamon received his first face transplant in 2010. He suffers from neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic disorder that caused benign, disfiguring tumors to grow on his face — though they can also grow elsewhere across body, according to the US National Library of Medicine. The tumors, called neurofibromas, usually occur on or just under the skin. The condition occurs in one in 3,000 to 4,000 people worldwide.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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