A woman in Boston has received a full face transplant after she was doused with industrial strength lye by her estranged husband, burning more than 80 percent of her body.

Forty-four-year-old Carmen Blandin Tarleton received a full face transplant with tissue from a female donor's skin.

Doctors say her injures were so severe, there had been no guarantee of success.

Reuters TV reports.

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