Take a look at me now! Woman who had a FACE transplant after she was disfigured by a huge facial tumour reveals how she looks 3 years later

    Joanna struggled to chew, swallow or talk before the massive operation
    It took 23 hours and involved replacing 80 per cent of the skin on her face
    She had neurofibromatosis - a genetic condition causing tumours
    Tumour will not grow back because skin on new face has different genes[CN]

Joanna在没有手术之前，咀嚼、吞咽或者说话都是十分吃力。手术费时23个钟头，其中替代了她脸部百分之八十的皮肤。她患有多发性神经纤维瘤 - 这种基因可导致肿瘤。肿瘤不会复发，因为新脸庞用的是不同的基因。

The woman, identified only as Joanna, underwent Poland's second ever facial transplant after neurofibromatosis – a genetic condition causing benign tumours - left her unable to chew, talk or swallow 9right)[CN]

这个女人名叫乔安娜，在波兰进行第二次面部移植手术，她的多发性神经纤维瘤 - 一种基因导致良性肿瘤 - 使得她吃不得饭，咽不下菜，说不了话。

Patient Joanna looks on during a press conference at the Gliwice Oncology Centre of Maria Sklodowska-Curie University Institute in Gliwice today[CN]

今天， 病人乔安娜在居里夫人大学协会的Gliwice Oncology中心会议上，仔细打量。

Difficult: Before the operation, Joanna struggled to chew, swallow or speak. Following the surgery she can now do all these things again[CN]

困难重重：手术之前，乔安娜咀嚼不得，吞咽不得，说话不得。做完手术后，这些她都可以做了。

Joanna (pictured during surgery) was severely deformed by neurofibromatosis - a genetic condition that causes benign tumours to grow along the nerves[CN]

乔安娜（如图正在手术中）因多发性神经纤维瘤变了形 - 这种基因导致了良性肿瘤在神经里面生长。

Joanna had 23-hours of surgery to give her a new face. During the operation, 80 per cent of the skin on her face was replaced
[CN]

乔安娜做了23小时的手术，换了一张新脸。手术期间，她表面百分之八十的皮肤被替代掉了。

The patient pictured at a press conference before leaving hospital three years ago[CN]

这位病人3年前离开医院之前在记者招待会上拍照。

A Polish woman who was disfigured by a huge facial tumour has revealed how her face looks now at a press conference.[CN]

这个波兰女人，因面部肿瘤变成丑八怪，如今在记者招待会上露了自己现在的脸。

The woman, identified only as Joanna, underwent Poland's second ever facial transplant after neurofibromatosis – a genetic condition causing benign tumours - left her unable to chew, talk or swallow.[CN]

这个女人名叫乔安娜，在波兰进行第二次面部移植手术，她的多发性神经纤维瘤 - 一种基因导致良性肿瘤 - 使得她吃不得饭，咽不下菜，说不了话。

She has appeared at a press conference almost three years after the transplant, looking remarkably well with only some scarring to her forehead and neck.

Dr Adam Maciejewski, who performed both Joanna's surgery as well as the only other facial transplant in Poland, spent 23-hours on the complex transplant.

It involved a transplant of 80 per cent of the skin on her face, giving her the ability to chew, talk or swallow.

Joanna was severely deformed by neurofibromatosis – a genetic condition that causes benign tumours to grow along the nerves.

The condition can also cause bone problems, pressure on the spinal nerves, severe pain, learning disabilities and vision and hearing problems. There is no cure for it.

Although many people who have the condition inherit it from one of their parents, up to 50 per cent develop it randomly from a gene mutation before they are born.

Despite their alarming appearance, the growths and swellings - called neurofibromas and caused by a growth of cells - are not cancerous or contagious.

The facial tumour will not recur because the skin on her new face is from different genes, genetics expert Dr Anand Saggar previously told MailOnline. 

Dr Maciejewski and his colleagues performed Poland's first face transplant on a man whose face was torn off by a stone mason's machine. His recovery is said to be progressing.

The man's operation took 27 hours and was carried out just weeks after his accident.

It was thought to be the first face transplant to be carried out so soon after the damage had occurred - previous transplants have taken months, or even years, to prepare.

The man had to have his jaw, palate and eye sockets reconstructed.

The world's first full-face transplant was carried out on a Spanish farmer in March 2010.

Oscar had blown most of his face off with a gun during a hunting accident and was left unable to breathe, swallow or talk properly.