TY - JOUR
T1 - The African Rhinoplasty
AU - Boahene, Kofi D.O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Georg Thieme Verlag. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Across ethnicities, patients seeking rhinoplasty have similar goals-a natural looking nose that fits and complements the rest of their facial features. Beyond a harmonious nose, patients of African descent have a particularly strong desire for ethnically congruent results in spite of individual aesthetic rhinoplasty preferences. This strong appeal for ethnically sensitive alterations is fueled by the desire to maintain physical identification with one's African ethnicity. There are psychosocial penalties when rhinoplasty outcomes stray toward complete racial transformation. Consequently, rhinoplasty in patients of African descent requires a fundamental understanding of acceptable beauty norms, associated psychological underpinnings, as well as unique facial and nasal features among Africans. Beyond these ethnically sensitive nuances, classic rhinoplasty techniques of framework modification with cartilage contouring, grafting, and bone remodeling are applicable in reshaping the African nose.
AB - Across ethnicities, patients seeking rhinoplasty have similar goals-a natural looking nose that fits and complements the rest of their facial features. Beyond a harmonious nose, patients of African descent have a particularly strong desire for ethnically congruent results in spite of individual aesthetic rhinoplasty preferences. This strong appeal for ethnically sensitive alterations is fueled by the desire to maintain physical identification with one's African ethnicity. There are psychosocial penalties when rhinoplasty outcomes stray toward complete racial transformation. Consequently, rhinoplasty in patients of African descent requires a fundamental understanding of acceptable beauty norms, associated psychological underpinnings, as well as unique facial and nasal features among Africans. Beyond these ethnically sensitive nuances, classic rhinoplasty techniques of framework modification with cartilage contouring, grafting, and bone remodeling are applicable in reshaping the African nose.
KW - African American rhinoplasty
KW - African rhinoplasty
KW - ethnic sensitive rhinoplasty
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0040-1701628
DO - 10.1055/s-0040-1701628
M3 - Article
C2 - 32191958
AN - SCOPUS:85082073950
SN - 0736-6825
VL - 36
SP - 46
EP - 52
JO - Facial Plastic Surgery
JF - Facial Plastic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -