Lauren Scruggs -- First Photo Since Losing Hand & Eye In Horrific Accident

Lauren was photographed leaving a rehab center in Dallas and this is the first time we’ve seen her since she walked into the spinning blades of an airplane a little over a month ago.

Lauren Scruggs is making a remarkable recovery. The 23-year-old and her parents Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs, along with her twin sister Brittany were spotted for the first time since her Dec. 3 accident, walking out of the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation in Dallas, Tx. Lauren was wearing an eye patch and a hoodie, which covered her left hand that was amputated after the accident.

Lauren’s sister reportedly picked them up in her car and she seemed to be in “good spirits.”

This first appearance comes on the heels of the pilot Curt Richmond speaking out for the first time and claiming that he “yelled” at Lauren and told her not to walk in front of the plane.

Lauren’s parents have been updating fans on their blog CaringBridge ever since the horrible accident. They are actively seeking prosthetics for Lauren’s left hand and left eye which she lost as a result of the incident.

We are so thrilled that Lauren is making such progress and our thoughts are with her!

— Chloe Melas

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so sorry to hear about this, no matter how it happened this is a tragedy, all the best Lauren

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I feel sorry for the pilot. He is at the blunt end of misdirected anger because some reckless rich girl wasn’t being careful and watching where she was going.

Whatever. There are children starving in the Third World countries with real problems.

Besides, mommy and daddy can buy Lauren the best prostheses money can buy — it’s too bad they can’t buy her common sense or intelligence for that matter… I mean you are walking near planes for god-sakes. What a moron.

You are the Moron and obviously the child of Charles Manson to make the statement you did.

I’m a bitter person too sometimes…but damn how bad IS your life?

I agree with you and understand your points believe me even so what happened to that girl was horrendus … No one deserves that…

Amy, I agree with you 100%. She alive and functioning (also an idiot). How much sympathy can you give her?

Lauren is such a positive beautiful lady. I would be so depressed if this happened to me. The rest of the world really needs to follow her footsteps. Life could change in an instant and never take happiness for granted! Lauren was lucky to survive thus ordeal and turn the events into a positive experience.

What a terrible accident. Fans are shattered.

hopefully she’s learned to look where she’s going now!

loookin damn good to me. Maybe I actually have a chance with her now

What a beautiful woman! She’s more beautiful than any of the pathetic narcissistic Hollywood celebrities. Her courage is something I can try to emulate to become a better person. I am not to sure what her career path will be now. Our society is so incredibly vapid that she might not be able to model again, but maybe she should turn to writing. I would definitely buy a memoir of her story!

It’ll start off “one day i completely ignored all directed, didn’t look where i was going and walked into a plane…. durka durrrr”

Wow, your ignorance is on full display here. It was dark that night and the pilot was supposed to turn off the engine. This could have happened to anyone under such circumstances. The injuries of this poor young lady is a direct result of the carelessness of the pilot. It really shows what type of person you are that you would mock her situation so cruelly.