Let's give a hand (or two) 👏👏

Six months ago, Steven Gallagher couldn't get dressed on his own or hold his sweet dog.

The UK man lives with an autoimmune condition called scleroderma, which caused his hands to curl in on themselves and become incredibly painful. By the age of 47, he had no use of either hand.

✋✋ "Space-age stuff..." Last December, Steven became one of the only people in the world to receive a double hand transplant, the first of its kind for a patient suffering from scleroderma.

• Steven is now enjoying the simple things with his new hands. "It has given me a new lease of life," he told BBC News.