Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery.
Engraving from De Curtorum Chirurgia per Insitionem "(On the Surgery of Mutilation by Grafting)" (1597) by Gaspare Tagliacozzi
Plates vi & vii of the Edwin Smith Papyrus at the Rare Book Room, New York Academy of Medicine
The Roman scholar Aulus Cornelius Celsus recorded surgical techniques, including plastic surgery, in the 1st century AD.
Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach established many modern techniques of reconstructive surgery.
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th cen
Plastic surgery
…father of plastic surgery". Another case of plastic surgery for nose reconstruction from 1884 at Bellevue Hospital was described in Scientific American. Michael Jackson on his Dangerous tour. His appearance changed significantly after a plastic surgery narrowed down his nostrils, along with his skin being bleached from…
Jackson's childhood home in Gary, Indiana, in 2014
Jackson (center) as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1972. The group were among the first African American performers to attain a large following.
Jackson (left) and Quincy Jones (right) appear with Diana Ross on her upcoming special, Diana, in March 1981.