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International Contributions to the History of Plastic Surgery
Discover contributions from around the globe to Plastic Surgery
| Year | Description | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1845 | First aesthetic operations | J.F. Dieffenbach | Germany |
| 1881 | First cosmetic otoplasty | E.T. Ely (ENT) | USA |
| 1887 | First tip plasty | J.O. Roe (ENT) | USA |
| 1891 | First intranasal rhinoplasty | J.O. Roe (ENT) | USA |
| 1892 | First alar base excision | R.F. Weir | USA |
| 1896 | First double-lid blepharoplasty | K. Mikamo | Japan |
| 1898 | First extranasal rhinoplasty | J. Josep | Germany |
| 1899 | First abdominoplasty | H.A. Kelly | USA |
| 1905 | First aesthetic dermabrasion | E. Kromayer (Derm) | Germany |
| 1906 | First full-time aesthetic surgeon | C.C. Miller | USA |
| 1906 | First western aesthetic blepharoplasty | C.C. Miller | USA |
| 1907 | First aesthetic surgery handbook | C.C. Miller | USA |
| 1907 | First published operation for rhytids | C.C.Miller | USA |
| 1910 | First otoplasty with antihelical shaping | W.H. Luckett | USA |
| 1911 | First published pre/postop aesthetic photographs | F.S. Kolle | USA |
| 1911 | First aesthetic surgery textbook | F.S. Kolle | USA |
| 1912 | First chin implant | V.P. Blair | USA |
| 1916 | First female aesthetic surgeon | A.S. NOËL | France |
| 1919 | First published minilift | R. Passot | France |
| 1919 | First cervical dermolipectomy | R. Passot | France |
| 1919 | First forehead plasty | R. Passot | France |
| 1920 | First published rhytidectomy | A.G. Bettman | USA |
| 1921 | First nipple transposition mammaplasty | E. Lexer | Germany |
| 1922 | First nipple transplantation mammaplasty | M. Thorek | USA |
| 1922 | First nipple lateral mammaplasty | E. Hollander | Germany |
| 1923 | First nipple inverted-T mammaplasty | F. Lotsch | Germany |
| 1925 | First nipple vertical mammaplasty | L. Dartigues | France |
| 1925 | First transconjunctional blepharoplasty | J. Bourguet | France |
| 1926 | First intrascalp forehead plasty | H.L. Hunt | USA |
| 1928 | First modern reduction mammaplasty | H. Biesenberger | Germany |
| 1931 | First open rhinoplasty | A. Rethi (ENT) | Hungary |
| 1931 | First scalp flap for male pattern baldness | R. Passot | France |
| 1934 | First extramucosal rhinoplasty | E. Eitner | Austria |
| 1940 | First secondary rhinoplasty | J. Maliniac | USA |
| 1940 | First belt lipectomy | M.Somalo | Argentina |
| 1942 | First genioplasty | O. Hofers | Germany |
| 1947 | First subfrontalis forehead plasty | G.W. Pierce | USA |
| 1950 | First combined major aesthetic operations | M. Gonsalez-Ulloa | Mexico |
| 1951 | First anatomic description fat compartments | S. Castanares | USA |
| 1952 | First professional chemical peel | G. M. Mc Kee (Derm) | England |
| 1954 | First surgical suction drainage | G. Jost | FRANCE |
| 1957 | First Thigh lift | J.R. Lewis | USA |
| 1957 | First brachioplasty | H. Gillies | England |
| 1957 | First hair plug grafts for mal pattern baldness | N. Orentreich (Derm) | USA |
| 1960 | First pedicled reduction mammaplasty | J.O. Strombeck | Sweden |
| 1962 | First silicone augmentation mammaplasty | T.D. Cronin | USA |
| 1962 | First curette-assisted lipectomy | K.Schrudde | Germany |
| 1965 | First modern aesthetic abdominoplasty | W.E.B. Callia | Brazil |
| 1965 | First malar implant | U. Hinderer | Spain |
| 1967 | First published thigh-buttock lift | I. Pitanguy | Brazil |
| 1967 | First national aesthetic surgery society | ASAPS | USA |
| 1968 | First submandibular cervical lipectomy | D.R. Millard | USA |
| 1969 | First periareolar mammaplasty | U. Hinderer | Spain |
| 1970 | First international aesthetic surgery society | ISAPS | United Nations |
| 1971 | First aesthetic surgery microform journal editor | J. Tamerin | USA |
| 1972 | First tip graft | J. Pollet | France |
| 1974 | First platysmaplasty | J.Guerrerosantos | Mexico |
| 1974 | First deep-plane rhytidectomy | T.Skoog | Sweden |
| 1975 | First aesthetic canthoplasty | U. Hinderer | Spain |
| 1976 | First aesthetic surgery journal | Aesthetic Plast. Surg. | ISAPS |
| 1976 | First aesthetic surgery journal editor | B.O. Rogers | USA |
| 1976 | First anatomic description SMAS | V. Mitz | France |
| 1977 | First buttock augmentation | M. Gonzalez-Ulloa | Mexico |
| 1977 | First blunt suction assisted lipectomy | G. Illouz | France |
| 1979 | First subperiosteal rhytidectomy | P. Tessier | France |
| 1980 | First periareolar reduction mammaplasty | G. Peixoto | Brazil |
| 1981 | First fat pad translocation | R. Loeb | Brazil |
| 1981 | First hair micro grafts for male pattern baldness | R.E.A. Nordstrom | Finland |
| 1981 | First aesthetic facial osteotomies | F. Otiz-Monasterio | Mexico |
| 1983 | First lower body lift | R. Baroudi | Brazil |
| 1983 | First reduction malarplasty | T. Onizuka | Japan |
| 1984 | First spreader graft | J. Sheen | USA |
| 1985 | First fat retention blepharoplasty | R. de la Plaza | Spain |
| 1985 | First preperiosteal midface rhytidectomy | U. Hinderer | Spain |
| 1985 | First successful aesthetic lipo filling | A. Chajchir | Argentina |
| 1985 | First periareolar suture-circlage mammaplasty | I. Peled | Israel |
| 1987 | First experimental ultrasonic liposuction | N.Scuderi | Italy |
| 1989 | First clinical ultrasonic lipectomy | M. Zocchi | Italy |
| 1992 | First laser resurfacing | L.M. David (Derm) | USA |
| 1992 | First endoscopic plastic surgery | L. Vasconez | USA |
| 1992 | First absorbable mesh mammaplasty | J.C.S. Goes | Brazil |