CBS News | A 'wonderful gift': Lye attack victim reveals new face after transplant surgery NBCNews.com By Linda Carroll. Almost three months after a undergoing a full face transplant, Carmen Blandin Tarleton, the 44-year-old Vermont registered nurse horribly disfigured when her estranged husband squirted industrial strength lye all over her body ... Lye dousing victim reveals her new face after transplant surgery in Boston Carmen Tarleton Reveals New Face After Transplant Surgery Carmen Blandin Tarleton, Disfigured By Ex-Husband In Lye Attack, Reveals ... |