Dr Joan Pere Barret said the patient, who is in his 30s, received a new beard from a donor as part of his new face. In an operation at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron University Hospital lasting 24 hours, the patient now has a new nose, lips, tear ducts, cheekbones and jaw. Dr Barret said the procedure had been a success and if all went well, the man could be back at work in five months after living for half a decade as a recluse. The patient, who is believed to be a farmer who got shot in the face.