- Title: Ancient Plastic Surgery
- Date: 29th January 2005
- Summary: Ancient Plastic Surgery British plastic surgeon Natasha Hidvegi wonders if keys to plastic surgery breakthroughs can be discovered in practices more than 2,000 years old. She takes a journey through time to investigate what the ancient civilisations of Egypt,India and Rome might have known about cosmetic and restorative surgery. The film reveals how ancient surgeons carried out the most delicate cosmetic work,from nose jobs to breast reduction,eye-lid lifts,foreskin restoration and clitoris reduction,as well as the concealment of scars and wounds. And all of this work was completed without anything to equal the anaesthesia of today. Narrator: John Shrapnel Director: Phil Day
- Description:SEE RECORD 101372 FOR SHOTLIST Ancient Plastic Surgery British plastic surgeon Natasha Hidvegi wonders if keys to plastic surgery breakthroughs can be discovered in practices more than 2,000 years old. She takes a journey through time to investigate what the ancient civilisations of Egypt,India and Rome might have known about cosmetic and restorative surgery. The film reveals how ancient surgeons carried out the most delicate cosmetic work,from nose jobs to breast reduction,eye-lid lifts,foreskin restoration and clitoris reduction,as well as the concealment of scars and wounds. And all of this work was completed without anything to equal the anaesthesia of today. Narrator: John Shrapnel Director: Phil Day (Contains Reconstruction Footage)
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Producer: Cicada Films Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:29/01/2005
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s