A catastrophic gunshot wound changed Derek Pfaff's life. Ten years later, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, his life changed again when he received the gift of a new face.

A nearly 60-hour-long surgery that began in February and involved more than 80 health care professionals, Mayo Clinic officials said.

ROCHESTER — After receiving a face transplant at Mayo Clinic earlier this year, a Michigan man can now smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade. It is Mayo Clinic's second face transplant and its most complex and extensive one to date.

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A face transplant performed at the Mayo Clinic has enabled a Michigan man to blink, swallow, smile and breathe through his nose for the first time in a decade. On March 5, 2014, Derek Pfaff’s face was severely damaged by a gunshot.

Mayo Clinic announced on Monday that in February, a team performed a successful face transplant on a Michigan man.

After 58 facial reconstructive surgeries in the years that followed, he was still missing a lot of his face and couldn’t chew or speak easily. Then, Pfaff had the opportunity to get a face transplant surgery.