Cosmetic surgery in some guise has been around since around 800BC, when Indian physicians began performing skin grafts. However, in the mainstream, cosmetic surgery is credited to Dr John Peter Mettauer who used his own surgical instruments to perform a cleft palate procedure in 1827. The procedure was performed in the USA, which paved the way for many other procedures to follow suit. The first book on cosmetic surgery was penned in 1907 by Dr Charles Miller.