All Plastic Surgery Has A History – Taking A Look Back

All Plastic Surgery Has A History | Dr. Shaun Parson, Scottsdale

All Plastic Surgery Has A History – Taking A Look Back

Some of the most sought-after surgeries include mommy makeovers, breast augmentations and tummy tucks. Today, they are commonplace occurrences, but “back in the day” they were new, uncharted and rare.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and take a look at the history of each.

Mommy Makeover Historical Facts

Mommy Makeovers in and of itself, there really isn’t much history of this. Mostly because a mommy makeover is, in fact, a combination of treatments. It is a combination of breast augmentation, breast lift, tummy tuck, breast reduction and / or liposuction. After it became clear that multiple procedures were ultimately safe for most women, the mommy makeover became immediately popular.

With more progress and knowledge both in plastic surgery and anesthetics, combining procedures has proved to be safe as well as cost-effective and time-saving.

History of Tummy Tucks

In the overall history of plastic surgery, abdominoplasty or tummy tuck, as it is commonly referred to, is a fairly new field. The first tummy tuck surgeries were done to remedy massive umbilical hernias which, among other issues, caused abnormally large skin flaps. The way these patients’ abdomens looked after surgery is what attracted people’s attention to this surgery. The removal of skin flap swiftly caught the attention of thousands of women, who were dealing with skin flap issues due to pregnancy. Around 1900 body contouring procedures became increasingly popular.

The first tummy tuck operation was performed in France, by doctors Demars and Marx. It was 1905 when the first American tummy tuck operation was executed. The only “negative” in these first tummy tucks was they didn’t know how to avoid the removal of the belly button.

Breast Augmentation Historical Facts

The history lesson of breast augmentation begins in 1890, when Austrian doctor Robert Gersuny started the whole thing by injecting paraffin into women’s chests. The results looked pretty good – for a little while, but then the breasts, unfortunately, grew hard and lumpy. Worse yet, infection rates were skyrocketing, so by the 1920’s the procedure had been pretty much been abandoned. Surgeons then experimented with the transplantation of fatty tissue from the abdomen and buttocks to the breasts, but the fat was often reabsorbed by the body, leaving the subject with asymmetrical breasts and unsightly scars where the fat had been harvested.

Everyone can be assured that plastic surgery has come a very long way, The days of experimentation are behind us and board certified surgeons are adept and confident of the procedures of today.

Dr. Shaun Parson serves Scottsdale and surrounding areas and has a stellar history in all areas of plastic surgery. Your health and well-being are first and foremost to Dr. Parson and his staff of professionals. For your personal consultation, call the office of Dr. Shaun Parson at (480) 282-8386.