African American Rhinoplasty-Amazing Before & After Results
Brenda, a middle-aged African American woman raves about the amazing results of her ethnic rhinoplasty and chin implant. Successful ethnic nose jobs for people of African descent requires a unique set of skills and understanding of the African American patient when reshaping the nose of a patient of African descent. Dr. Paul Nassif in Los Angeles specializes in ethnic rhinoplasty for patients who are Africans, African Americans, Carribean and or other individuals of African descent.
Ethnic Rhinoplasty and the African American Nose
The African American nose is generally broad with wide nostrils and typically has little tip support; therefore, the tip is the major focal point. Generally the skin on the African American nose is thicker and also determines the degree of result.
The aesthetic standards, techniques and measurements commonly used in Caucasian patients, when applied to the ethnic nose, often result in an unnatural, over-operated and a very unhappy patient.
Rhinoplasty is widely accepted as being one of the most technically challenging plastic surgery operations. However, when it comes to African American Rhinoplasty, technical expertise is not the most significant battle to overcome in achieving a favorable aesthetic outcome. Techniques can be taught. More challenging is the ability to appreciate aesthetic limitations related to nasal anatomy in African American patients and developing an aesthetic appreciation for African American beauty.
Dr. Nassif is sensitive to the fact that with African American nose job patients having overly dramatic changes more than often equates with poor aesthetic outcomes. Less is More.
Wide Nose Rhinoplasty
A wide nose (in and of itself) is not unattractive. However, it can be made unattractive by surgically combining wide features with overly narrow features, creating a perception of imbalance. The most telltale sign of a poor aesthetic outcome in African American patients is excessively narrowed nostrils.
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