(Bloomberg) -- Brazil's Ivo Pitanguy is one of plastic
surgery's founding fathers. The surgeon, 80, has performed face-
lifts, breast enhancements and other operations on thousands of
patients. He has taught more than 600 cosmetic surgeons, who are
practicing in at least 43 countries, and is the inventor of
procedures reproduced around the globe, including techniques for
minimizing scarring, and the ``Brazilian butt-lift,'' in which
flesh is added to a patient's behind to make it rounder.
``Ivo Pitanguy created plastic surgery as we know it today,''
says Bryan Mendelson, president of the International Society of Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery, or ISAPS, a Hanover, New Hampshire-based organization
with 1,600 members in 90 countries. ``He removed some of the
taboos, popularized the practice, and his legacy will live on
through his students.''
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surgery's founding fathers. The surgeon, 80, has performed face-
lifts, breast enhancements and other operations on thousands of
patients. He has taught more than 600 cosmetic surgeons, who are
practicing in at least 43 countries, and is the inventor of
procedures reproduced around the globe, including techniques for
minimizing scarring, and the ``Brazilian butt-lift,'' in which
flesh is added to a patient's behind to make it rounder.
``Ivo Pitanguy created plastic surgery as we know it today,''
says Bryan Mendelson, president of the International Society of Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery, or ISAPS, a Hanover, New Hampshire-based organization
with 1,600 members in 90 countries. ``He removed some of the
taboos, popularized the practice, and his legacy will live on
through his students.''
Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News
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