First plastic surgery

According to Official Guinness Records,

Walter Yeo (UK) was the first person to have plastic surgery. In 1917, skin grafts were transferred from his shoulder to his face in order to replace both upper and lower eyelids which he had lost whilst manning the guns aboard HMS Warspite in 1916 during the Battle of Jutland during the First World War.

For a complete list of 1917 records, please visit 1917 Guinness Records in United Kingdom.

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