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Why aren't more doctors anxious to become experienced in African American rhinoplasty?

asked 3 years ago by college girl in houston
Latest answer by Jon F. Harrell, DO
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Almost every website I visit, the pictures are the exactly the same; someone is getting a bump shaved off of their bridge. I've seen some extremely skilled docs in wide nose reduction, but very few. Why aren't more doctors anxious to become experienced in African American rhinoplasty? Are any doctors here skilled enough to produce a before and after like Oprah's or Patti Labelle's?

7 answers to Why aren't more doctors anxious to become experienced in African American rhinoplasty?

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There are many of us who do ethnic rhinoplasty-look again.

Those of us who live in areas with a large African-American or Hispanic population do many ethnic rhinoplasties. Ask your doctor to show you non-caucasian rhinoplasties. In these noses, as well as Asian noses, we often increase the height of the bridge and decrease the width of the nostrils. This should be done in such a way as to retain the ethnicity of the nose. In other words, we don't try to make a Black nose into a caucasian nose.
Toby Mayer, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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A nose is not a nose is not a nose

College Girl, As a percentage, African Americans comprise a small number of the rhinoplasties performed in this country every year. It is a basic tenet of advertising that your ads target the greatest population that is likely to respond. For rhinoplasty, that population is the caucasion with a large hump on the nose. It is also very easy to show a nice result with this kind of rhinoplasty. For these two reasons alone you may not see many African American rhinoplasty photos online. ... more
Kenneth R. Francis, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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African American Rhinoplasty...Halle Berry Versus Michael Jackson

Hi College Girl, Rhinoplasty is the most difficult of all facial plastic surgical procedures. Ethnic rhinoplasty can be the most difficult of rhinoplasty procedures. There are many doctors who perform excellent, natural appearing African American rhinoplasty. Every nose is different, must be carefully examined, and a surgical plan must be carried out with skill and a sense of nasal aesthetics. When performed properly, the nose may look like Patti Labelle's, Oprah's, and Halle Berry's... more
Michael A. Persky, MD

Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Is there a shortage of Surgeons performing African-American Rhinoplasty?

This may be an accurate perception. Ethnic Rhinoplasty surgery is a niche withing the niche of Rhinoplasty surgery. Not every plastic surgeon is versed or deeply experienced in Rhinoplasty due to the breadth of the specialty. Nonetheless, at least in urban centers, there will be surgeons who have performed a significant number of procedures on ethnic minorities. Best of Luck Dr Harrell
Jon F. Harrell, DO

Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.westonsurgery.com

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Why aren't more doctors anxious to become experienced in African American rhinoplasty?

Ethnic noses are much more difficult to do and get a good result than Caucasian noses. The skin is usually very thick and the nostrils very wide. Current techniques do not address the ethnic noses in such a way to achieve a very good to excellent results. One needs to be bold and innovative to be able to go beyond what is norm to get a natural and proportional nose. Also, it is more dramatic to show a picture after a big hump is removed.
Mohsen Tavoussi, MD, DO

Huntington Beach Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Ethnic Rhinoplasty

I think you haven’t done enough homework. Personally, I have done quite a few rhinoplasty surgeries on patients of all types of ethnicities. Practicing in south Florida, I treat quite a few individuals of Hispanic and African ethnicity, where there are many shared characteristics of the nose.
Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon
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African American Rhinoplasty

Hi, Yes it true there is a bias to Caucasian rhinoplasty. Most surgeons prefer to do a Caucasian rhinoplasty because it is easier. Also there are more Caucasians seeking rhinoplasty than African Americans. However, there is a large and ever - growing population of African Americans that are seeking out surgeons that perform African American rhinoplasty. Dr.S.
Oleh Slupchynskyj, MD

New York Facial Plastic Surgeon

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