Biolifting and bioresurfacing

Abstract

All during history men and women have always had the desire to improve their own appearance, beginning with improving the state of the skin, so we could say that Aesthetic surgery of the skin is as old as humankind [1]. In primitive societies, shells and details stones were used for engraving and to smooth the skin. Egyptians used a cream of sulfur and resorcine to smooth the skin and thanks to animal oils and alabaster, regeneration of skin was improved. In the papyrus of Edwin Smith (1700 bc) and in the papyrus of Ebers (1600 bc) magic prescriptions are found for the hair or for the cutaneous lesions. In Mesopotamia the Babylonians became experienced in surgery as noted in the code of Hammurabi (2000 bc), in China medicine and Chinese surgery blossomed as noted in the Canon of the Medicine (2600 bc). In the Rig Veda (1500 bc), Indian surgeons pointed out their particular interest in the reconstruction of the nose cut off thieves. In ancient Greece physicians developed care of the skin and the hair, with ancient physicians being specialized in the art of cutaneous exfoliation. © Springer-Verlag 2008.