Charla Nash Shows Face on Oprah after Chimp Attack

Charla Nash (56) is the Conneticut woman who was mauled by her friend’s 200 pound chimpanzee in February 2009. Nash appeared on Oprah on Wednesday to reveal what is left of her face after the viscious attack that forced animal control to kill the chimpanzee.

Nash told Oprah that she feels no pain but that she tries not to touch her face so as to avoid knowing the full extent of her injuries.

"I don’t ask a whole lot about my injuries… I know that I have my forehead," she said. She now drinks her meals "with a straw through a small hole where her mouth used to be," ABC added.

Nash lost both her hands in the attack, as well as her nose, an eyelid, and lips. Doctors removed her eyes due to an infection, and only recently did she learn she’ll no longer be able to see.

"Only . . . in the past couple of weeks did she realize that she no longer had eyes, because she had been saying that she was hoping to be able to see at some point," Oprah said, according to the New York Post.

says she wears a veil "so I don’t scare people. And sometimes other people might insult you."

It’s difficult to even imagine what life must be like for Nash after such a horrible attack. Besides her face being torn off, she also lost both her hands.