Use of Fat Grafts in Facial Reconstruction on the Wounded Soldiers From the First World War (WWI) by Hippolyte Morestin (1869–1919)

Conclusions: Hippolyte Morestin can be named one of the pioneers of facial reconstruction. A retroperspective analysis of his work with adipose grafts proves interesting because even though not being the first to apply this technique, he contributed, by means of experimentation and reproduction to proving it an innovative and useful method in facial reconstruction. It was not until the 1990s that adipose grafts were again applied under the name of lipostructure. Nowadays, they are commonly used in cosmetic and restorative surgery.
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Circumspectus Medicinae: Text and Context Source Type: research