America's first face transplant patient on her recovery after being shot by the husband she still loves
- Connie Culp says she will always love brute who shot her at near point blank range in 2004
- But despite that she still divorced him earlier this year
- Although transplant has given her new love for life, she faces daily struggle
- Finds it hard to smile and is almost totally blind, but has range of gadgets to help
Before her pioneering face transplant in 2008, wearing lipstick - or any makeup - would have been an impossible task after her top lip, nose, roof of her mouth, one eye and both cheeks were destroyed by then husband Tom, who brutally shot her in the face after flying into a rage.
Now, the 48-year-old, from Ohio, who was the first person to receive a face transplant in the U.S., has bravely decided to talk about the domestic abuse and terrible shooting she endured at the hands of the man she says she still loves.
Her decision to speak out comes as Culp, 52, was last week released from prison after serving just seven years for the horrific crime.
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