Man Who Underwent Full Face Transplant Finally Meets His True Love and Reveals Heartwarming Update

Joe DiMeo’s life was forever changed after a severe accident left him with burns covering 80 percent of his body, requiring over 20 skin grafts and reconstructive surgeries. Despite the overwhelming challenges, Joe never gave up on the hope of living a normal life. Today, he is thriving with his new face and has found his true love. A recent update on Joe’s page left countless people inspired and uplifted. His remarkable journey serves as a powerful reminder to never lose hope, even in the darkest moments.

Joe’s life took a tragic turn in 2018.

In 2018, after a long night shift, Joe DiMeo was heading home, eager to get some rest, but he never made it. Now 25, DiMeo shared the life-changing events of July 18 in an interview, explaining that he “fell asleep at the wheel,” which led to his car swerving off the road and bursting into flames.

“I was in the hospital for four months, spending about half of that time in a coma,” he said. “After that, I started to regain my strength, and by the fourth month, I was in rehab.” The accident left DiMeo with burns covering 80 percent of his body, requiring over 20 skin grafts and reconstructive surgeries. Despite all that, he never gave up hope of living a normal life again.

Joe underwent a groundbreaking surgery, making him a one-of-a-kind patient for the doctors.

Due to the complexity of his state, DiMeo was offered to go through a double hand and face transplant by doctors at NYU Langone.

The surgery was very complex, and it lasted for 23 hours. Currently, only 45 people in the world were lucky to receive such a breakthrough treatment. Doctors insist that DiMeo’s case was incredibly intricate and very rare.

He agreed to undergo this surgery as soon as he was offered this treatment. The man didn’t have even a single doubt, and in August 2020 he underwent the most important surgery in his life.

After his difficult surgery, Joe’s life became kinder to him, and he discovered a valuable treasure.

In 2021, at the age of 26, Joe DiMeo found love for the first time since surviving the fiery car accident that left him with severe third-degree burns. Jessica Koby, 33, was deeply moved by Joe’s story after coming across it on social media, and she quickly fell in love with him.

Inspired by Joe’s optimistic outlook on life, Jessica reached out to him with a message on Instagram. Their daily conversations soon led to romantic outings, and their love began to blossom. Now, the couple has taken the next big step in their relationship — Joe recently asked Jessica to spend her life with him.

Joe and Jessica are now engaged, and this heartwarming news has touched the hearts of many.

Jessica took to Instagram to share the thrilling news of their engagement, posting heartfelt photos of the happy couple marking this special moment. In the pictures, Jessica beamed as she showed off her dazzling diamond ring, dressed in a sleek black dress and matching heels. Joe looked effortlessly stylish in a trendy yellow top and black pants, radiating joy as they celebrated together.

The couple cozied up together, enjoying the moment as they embraced this new chapter in their relationship. The post was captioned, “Always my love.” Joe also shared the exciting and adorable news on his page and captioned the post, “Big things going down on December 5th!”

People on the web flooded the comments section and shared their support for the lovely couple.

People couldn’t contain their emotions over Joe’s heartwarming and truly inspiring update. One person commented, “Love and happiness are the best recovery tools. Blessings going forward.” Another simply wrote, “Congratulations!”

A third user added, “So. Freaking. Precious!” while someone else chimed in with, “Looking good, you two lovebirds!”

One user emotionally shared, “Hi! I recently found your page and I fell into a 5-hour rabbit hole because I am so fascinated from a medical standpoint of Joe, and then I fell in love with your love story. I am also in the medical field, but not with people. I am a licensed veterinary nurse, I work in the intensive care unit at Cornell University Veterinary Specialists.
The fact that you bond over your perfect Bostons made my heart so happy! It is amazing to me when as a nurse we put so much in to our patients and the resilience of these individuals is extremely extraordinary. I would like to point out I am in NO way shape or form comparing Joe to any of my patients, and I also wanted to share how much respect I have for you as a busy nurse being on social media sharing your story.
The universe brought you guys together, and I wish you the best! And to anyone on here that has anything negative about to say..... I feel sorry for them because happiness spreads happiness!”

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