History of ocular plastic surgery in Brazil - Memories

Abstract

The Code of Hammurabi of the King of Babylon (2250 BC) provides the first reference to ocular plastic surgery. century, there are only two noteworthy reports of blepharoplastic-cosmetic reconstructions in the eyelid region made by Celsus AC (25 BC to 50 AD) and Ambroise of orbital and eyelid lesions remained outdated until the beginning of the Contemporary Age when the works of Von Graefe (1787-1840), a pioneer of ophthalmology and creator of several facial plastic surgeries, were published in 1818. He was later followed by Dieffenbach JF (1792-1847), the author of several procedures for strabismus and reconstruction of the lower eyelids that were published in 1829. Dr. Von JF Dieffenbach is generally regarded as the father of plastic surgery.