History of Cosmetic Surgery

Welcome to the research of our group about Cosmetic surgery. Nowadays, this is a “hot” interesting issue. Hope that our group will bring you a lot of information. First, we have researched the history of Cosmetic surgery:

Reconstructive surgery techniques were developed in Indian 1500BC. In 6th century BC, Sushruta who is considered as the father of surgery had a lot of important contributions to this field. In Britain, some physicians moved to Indian to see these surgery techniques. Joseph Constantine Carpue spent 20 years in India studying local plastic surgery methods. Carpue was able to perform the first major surgery in Western. In mid-15th century Europe, Heinrich von Pfolspeundt a process "to make a new nose for one who lacks it entirely, and the dogs have devoured it" by removing skin from the back of the arm and suturing it in place. And then, plastic surgery spread through Europe.

The ancient Egyptians and Romans also knew this plastic cosmetic surgery. They could perform simple techniques, for example, they can repair damaged ears.

During World War I, plastic surgery techniques were used to repair the deformation of soldiers’ faces caused by war. And the end of World War I, surgeons realized that cosmetic surgery could also use to improve of human beings. From now on, cosmetic surgery becomes popular all over the world.