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In 1962, a woman named Timmy Jean Lindsay consulted a plastic surgeon in Houston about removing

the large rose tattoos that were positioned above each one of her breasts.

The tattoos were unsightly reminders about a past life that Timmy Jean would rather forget.

She was a 29-year-old divorced mother of six who was ready for the next phase of her life.

Now she thought that getting rid of those tattoos would help her leave the past behind.

Frank Gerot, the doctor who performed the tattoo removal surgery on Timmy Jean, informed

his patient about another way in which she could reinvent herself.

He told her that there had been a technological breakthrough in breast reconstruction surgery

that involved silicone implants.

In fact, Dr. Gerot, along with Dr. Thomas Cronin, had actually invented the silicone implant,

and they had been actively looking for volunteers to have the surgery.

Timmy Jean Lindsay, whose body had taken a toll of birthing six children before the age

of 30, was the perfect candidate.

She agreed to have the operation, but only if Dr. Gerot agreed to reshape her ears as well.

The surgery was successful.

Timmy Jean had become the first person to undergo a modern-day breast augmentation,

and she was happy with the results.

And so were the doctors.

It was hard to believe just how far the art of plastic surgery had come.

Less than two decades earlier, it had been reported that Japanese prostitutes were injecting

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