[Two French pioneers of plastic surgery: François Dubois and Raymond Passot]. / Deux pionniers français de la chirurgie esthétique: François Dubois et Raymond Passot.

ABSTRACT

After World War, especially during the interwar years, new plastic surgical techniques were highly developed by I two French surgeons Dr Raymond Passot, a pupil of Pr Hippolyte Morestin, Head of surgery department in Val-de-Grâce military hospital, Father of the Gueules cassées and Dr François Dubois, a pupil of Pr Sébileau, head of ear nose throat disorders department at Lariboisière Hospital in Paris. By the way of papers, publications and interviews to media, they described new French cosmetic techniques (rhitidectomy, sutures, liposuccion) and extensively developed this outpatient surgery. They used to renove famous actresse's and actors' face and nose and those of hundreds of patients. They participate to French societies of plastic surgery meetings and publications. Their enthusiastic dare largely participated to the current success of cosmetic surgery in France.