Sushruta

Sushruta is an ancient Indian surgeon (who was possibly born in 7th century BC) and is the author of the book Sushruta Samhita, in which he describes over 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures and classifies human surgery in 8 categories. He is credited with performing cosmetic surgery and especially with using forehead skin to reconstruct noses which were used to be amputated as a punishment for crimes.