The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-31
knife USED TO
CURE WRINKLES
Latest Methods in Facial Sur
gerry Demonstrated.
OPERATION LEAVES NO SCARS

New York Doctor Gives Exhibition Be-
fore French Scientists and a Num-
Der Of Doetors-common Safety
Razor Blade Plays Important Part
In Operation on Woman Fifty Years
Of Aoe-suecsss Lies In Technique.
Beauty doctoring as q modern sci
ence was demonstrated to doctors and
newspaper men when DR.. Leroy r.
Stoddard performed an operation for
the removal Of eye wrinkles in New
York, with DR.. Julien Borguet, the
French plastic surgeon, as witness and
commentator.
A common safety razor blade played
an important role In the operation,
which was performed on gray-haired
business woman presented under the
fictitious name Of Mrs. Arthur Man
ming" The operation Doctor Stoddard
at the outset characterized as "unnys-
terious and a practical application Of
well-known methods Of scarless sur.
gerry"
Talked 40 No Worked.
As he made incisions and stitched
the operator INDUCED In a running fire
Of comment.
"The success Of the operation Is .
question Of technique only" he said,
as he injected small quantity Of
2 per cent cocain in her eyelid. "The
secret Of scarless surgery is in the
first move"
He made 1t as he spoke-a swift
snip Of sharp scissor blades across the
wrinkled lid which lifted a symmet-
rical oval strip Of skin tissue.
Judgment Of the exact quantity Of
tissue to be removed must be made
first" he continued. "and If the judg-
ment and subsequent execution have
been correct the wound will close Of
itself. The skin will fall rather than
be drawn into place" tt
As he spoke the inclsion closed,
seemingly by natural action Of the
weight Of the lid, and It was seen that
the wrinkle had fallen at the clip Of
the Doctors instrument as long nails
fall at the clip OF a manicurist's sells
sors. To hold and mend the "sculptur-
ing Of flesh" which had been accom-
plished. the doctor drew about twenty
fine stitches In the wound. Through
out, the woman, conscious Of every
thing but pain. conversed with the sur
geon and the nurses.
How re Came to Use Razor Blade.
The safety-razor blade came into
play on the other eve, which had been
operated on four days ago and was
now 40 nearly mended that the stitches
could he withdrawn. Holding the thin
fake Of steel between thumb and fore
finger. the doctor rapidly severed the
white silk knots, He explained that
one day, hampered by the failure Of
any surgical instrument to flll the dell
cate requirements Of this work, he
threw an awkward surgical knife on
the floor and picked up a razor blade.
He has used one ever since.
Doctor Stoddard has practiced plas-
tic surgery twelve years. Only In the
last five, he said, had he solved the
problem Of scarless work, which he ,
has applied not only to cases Of 4
beauty-mourning women but to the
Disbursements Of soldiers cut by
shrannel and shell splinters and hasti- \
y sewn together in battlefield hos
pitfalls. "
. With Doctor Bourguet he discussed
the application OF their science to Z
cases Of mental disorders originating 4
In the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of men and
women afflicted with facial disfgure-
ments. Doctor St0ddard told Of a law
yer who had become so conscious Of Il
facial oddly resulting from the
growth Of masses Of skin tissue around &
his eyebrows that he had finally re-
fused to face jury. An operation
was performed to eliminate the hang "
ing brows and the lawyer was cured
Of his 0bsessiOn. J5
Commenting on the operation, Doc
tor Bourguet said Doctor 'Stoddard's
work included methods different from
those in use In Paris. He intends to 81
make his observations the subject Of
reports to the Paris Academy Of Medi- /
cine. ea l hl.