Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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World War 1 changed the world in countless ways, but one thing that doesn’t get talked about much is the way it spurred advancement in cosmetic surgery. With advances in medicine and the particular horror of trench warfare, thousands of soldiers came home with terrible facial injuries, causing them to be treated as pariahs. But thanks to the generosity and brilliance of surgeons and artists, great strides were made in returning their lives to normalcy.


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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
2:13 - Plastic Surgery History
6:37 - Plastic Surgery and WWI
7:53 - Francis Derwent Wood and Anna Colman Ladd
10:30 - Mask Limitations
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12:00 - Sir Harold Gillies
14:20 - Plastic Surgery Today
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