The Practice of China’s Cosmetic Medicine Dated Back to 3800-4800 Years Ago

作     者：Wei WANG Xiaoxi LIN Yuguang ZHANG Qingfeng LI Wei WANG;Xiaoxi LIN;Yuguang ZHANG;Qingfeng LI

作者机构：Department of Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryShanghai Ninth People’s HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghai 200001China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery》 (Chin. J. Plast. Reconstr. Surg.)

年 卷 期：2021年第3卷第2期

页      面：109-112页

学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100501[医学-中医基础理论] 10[医学] 

主　　题：History Cosmetic surgery Cosmetic medicine Sanxingdui Prescriptions for Fifty-two Diseases 

摘      要：Objective To investigate the developmental history of cosmetic surgery and cosmetic medicine in *** The history of cosmetic surgery and cosmetology in China was explored via a review of the literature reported across the globe and the archeological discoveries recorded in *** The ancient underground city of“Sanxingdui,discovered in Guanghan,Sich­uan,China,was built between 1800 and 2800 *** bronze figure sculptures with decorative perforations in the earlobe area were unearthed there,making it perhaps the earliest record of cosmetic surgery practice in the *** practice of decorative per­forations in the earlobe predates the practice of nose jobs found in ancient *** Pre­scriptions for Fifty-two Diseases from the Western Han Dynasty,unearthed in Mawangdui,Changsha,Hunan Province,recorded the treatment of vitiligo in traditional Chinese medi­*** might be one of the earliest records of aesthetic medicine in the *** China is one of the earliest birthplaces of cosmetic surgery and cosmetol­ogy in the *** practice of cosmetic medicine in China predates the practice of nasal reconstruction found in ancient India.