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Review
. 2018 Jan;66(1):6-14.
doi: 10.1007/s00106-017-0452-7.

Ethnic rhinoplasty

R Cobo  1
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Review

Ethnic rhinoplasty

R Cobo. HNO. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Rhinoplasty is one of the main facial plastic procedures performed worldwide. Ethnic patients today are mainly mixed-race patients. Diagnosis is based on anatomical findings and surgery should be planned based on patients' needs and what they define as beautiful. Different surgical techniques are presented where a structural approach to rhinoplasty is explained. Very little tissue is resected and support structures of the nose are strengthened with sutures and grafts. A gradual approach to the nasal tip is also presented progressing from simple predictable techniques to more complex unpredictable ones. The final result should be noses with greater definition and refinement that are harmonious and blend in with patients' faces.

Keywords: Bulbous nasal tip; Ethnic rhinoplasty; Leptorrhine nose; Mesorrhine nose; Platyrrhine nose.

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