167 The Miracle of Plastic


Episode Artwork
1.0x
0% played 00:00 00:00
26
Physicians in ancient India were doing reconstructive work using skin grafts as early as the 8th century BC. In 1855, English inventor, Alexander Parkes, created the earliest form of plastic. In 2006, nearly 11 million plastic surgeries were performed in the U.S. alone. One can only imagine how many tries it took to get the nipple to look just right after plastic breast implants.