Dinoire lived in Valenciennes, northern France, and she was the mother of two children. See more

The first partial face transplant surgery on a living human was performed on Dinoire on 27 November 2005 by Bernard Devauchelle, assisted by Jean-Michel Dubernard at the Centre hospitalier Universitaire Nord in Amiens, France. A triangle of face … See more

Dinoire died of cancer at a French hospital in April 2016. Her death was not announced until September 2016 to give her family privacy, according to hospital officials. According to newspaper Le Figaro, Dinoire's body had rejected the transplant in 2015 … See more

Dinoire's dog mauled her face after she passed out from an overdose of sleeping pills. Some reports following the initial surgery claim that her daughter said that the black Labrador … See more

In 2009, Dinoire's doctors reported she was recovering well. Exactly one year following the partial face transplant, Dinoire stated she had the ability to smile again. On 28 November 2006, Dinoire's surgeon, Bernard Devauchelle, said that over the past year … See more

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Preoperative, premauling image of Isabelle Dinoire Archived 14 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Immediately postoperative image of Isabelle Diniore compared with one year later See more