The first person to ever have a successful face and double hand transplant has found love five years on - and revealed his new donor face is TWICE his age.<br /><br />Joe DiMeo, 24, suffered third degree burns to 80% of his body and had his fingertips amputated after his Dodge Challenger crashed and burst into flames in July 2018.<br /><br />He underwent 20 reconstructive plastic surgeries and skin grafts before spending 23 hours in August 2020 having the pioneering surgery.<br /><br />He's now revealed details about his face donor for the first time - a 48-year-old male stroke victim.<br /><br />And how he has found love with girlfriend Jessica Koby, 32, who got together after she sent him an Instagram message two years ago, when she read about his story.<br /><br />Joe told how his friends abandoned him after his accident – but he says he doesn’t miss them because it proves they weren’t true mates.<br /><br />And how he can now lift himself out of bed and even DRIVE again now, thanks to extensive therapy.<br /><br />Joe says it is “amazing” to be more independent and also revealed a fellow burns survivor told him hearing his story stopped them from committing suicide.
