This morning, we cracked open the paper and saw an image of Connie Culp—the first person in the United States to receive a face transplant—and we have to admit, we were a bit taken back. After Connie's husband, Thomas G. Culp, literally blew a hole through her face with a shotgun back in 2004, Mrs. Culp went through a number of successful face transplants in attempts to restore her sense of smell and taste and the ability to talk and smile. Once she was all healed, Connie appeared in front of the media yesterday to reveal her new face to the nation.
As crazy as that procedure sounds, Connie isn't the first patient to receive such an odd transplant. Believe it or not, the medical world has been transplanting hands, eyes, even penises (Oh, God). With that in mind, we did our research and found the 5 most bizarre human transplants done in the last 100 years. Here comes the cringing...