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Written records indicate that plastic surgery occurred in 800 B.C. India with grafting procedures that moved skin from one part of the body to another to cover scars. The first recorded plastic surgery procedure in the modern world was performed in 1827 by Dr. John Peter Mettauer.
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American Society of Plastic Surgeons: The History of Plastic Surgery
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