A New Approach to Ethnic Rhinoplasty

    /24-7PressRelease/ - BEVERLY HILLS, CA, August 28, 2007 - People of different ethnic groups often come to plastic surgeons seeking to refine the appearance of their noses. Modern rhinoplasty techniques like those done at Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills stress preservation of ethnic appearance along with overall facial balance.

The nose should match the rest of the face. Ethnic rhinoplasty or nose job works to achieve this while providing the improvements and enhancements sought in the nose.

Ethnic groups often tend to have certain characteristics to their noses, both in terms of their outer appearance and of their internal structures. For this reason, it is best to address the noses of various ethnic groups such as African Americans and Hispanics and Asians individually. "Cookie cutter" approaches to rhinoplasty rarely work well, and this is especially the case with non-caucasian nose surgery.

When doing Beverly Hills rhinoplasty there are many examples of how this individualized approach offers the best outcome in ethnic rhinoplasty. For instance, many people of Asian and African and Latino descent have noses with wide bases and broad tips. They often also have thick skin at the tip of the nose. This can give the tip a rounded or "bulbous" appearance. Non-caucasian noses often also have a bump at the bridge, along with a wide and flat bridge.

Because of these anatomic tendencies, ethnic noses frequently require extensive work on their internal structures to create the desired appearance. This includes using plastic surgery to change the shape of the bone and cartilage inside the nose, while working to create little or no external scarring. Since this internal structural work is extensive, it can have important effects on the function as well as the appearance of the nose. For this reason, the Rodeo Drive Breathe Easy RhinoplastyTM technique -- which works to improve both the appearance and the breathing function of the nose ¬ is especially well-suited to providing good results in ethnic rhinoplasty.

Some rhinoplasty and plastic surgery techniques are commonly used for African American, Hispanic, and Asian noses. The flatter noses common in many ethnic people can be addressed by grafting cartilage from elsewhere in the body to shape the skin of the nose's tip more finely, and provide it with a refined appearance. In some cases, the nostrils are noticeably wide and benefit from direct steps to narrow them during surgery.

Prior to your procedure, you will meet with your Beverly Hills plastic surgery specialist to discuss your goals from rhinoplasty. It is important to have clear ideas of what you want to change about your nose so we can come up with the best plan for your nose surgery, just like for other procedures such as Beverly Hills breast augmentation.

About Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery
Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery and its medical director Dr. Lloyd Krieger have been featured in the local, national, and international media. Some recent stories have appeared on Access Hollywood, Elle, Star, InTouch Weekly, Life and Style, Maxim, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Daily News, The Washington Times, KTLA Morning News, Univision, Telemundo, France Tà là vision Française 1, Japan Chocolat Siene magazine, Mexico City Reforma magazine, Denmark Q magazine, Sweden AftonBladet newspaper, New Zealand Flipside magazine, and England Daily Mail newspaper and Grazia magazine.

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