I always vaguely assumed "plastic surgery" had some relation to plastic the material, but it doesn't. It refers to shaping/remodelling of living tissue and the

I always vaguely assumed "plastic surgery" had some relation to plastic the material, but it doesn't. It refers to shaping/remodelling of living tissue and the medical use of the term predates the invention of the material [1]. So I could well imagine ancients doing things that would count as "plastic surgery". I rather doubt they "perfected" it, though... [1] Wikipedia says so, must be true :-) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery