Timmie Jean Lindsey (born 1932), American housewife, was the first person in the world to undergo plastic surgery for breast augmentation by means of silicone implants, in 1962.
Hoping to have a large tattoo removed from her chest, she visited a plastic surgeon at the Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston.
The surgeon, Frank Gerow, was one of a group working on the concept of breast implants, and was looking for patients to volunteer for the surgery.
The procedure went forward under the direction of Gerow and his colleague Thomas Cronin, and was deemed a success at the time.
[1] Lindsey kept fairly quiet about her breast enlargement for many years – one boyfriend never knew for example.