The Caucasian nose features a unique set of anatomic characteristics. These characteristics
include: a Finesse Center for Facial Plastic Surgery Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; b …

BY PIETRO PALMA AND IMAN KHODAEI pmfa news| OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013| VOL 1
NO 1| www. pmfanews. com a rethink on our behalf, a modification of current techniques and …

The nose plays a central role in determining overall facial aesthetics. Not only does the nose
occupy the geographic center of the face, but its prominent relationship to neighboring …

Regardless of preference for open or closed technique, rhinoplasty surgeons endeavor to
achieve ethnically appropriate nasal balance and proportions and an open airway. Toward …

The principles of preservation rhinoplasty are to respect conserve or restore the soft tissue
envelope ligaments, minimize the resection of cartilage through reorientation and to keep …

Aesthetic rhinoplasty in the non-Caucasian patient is a challenging operation, even to the
experienced rhinoplastic surgeon used to operating on Caucasians. Only by thoroughly …

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Anthony Brissett, Lisa Ishii, and
Kofi Boahene, is devoted to Ethnically Sensitive Rhinoplasty. Articles in this issue include …

Rhinoplasty in a non-Caucasian patient presents one of the most difficult challenges in
cosmetic surgery. First, the surgeon must understand the desires, motivations, and …

Management of the dorsum has always been a challenge in rhinoplasty. In most Caucasian
noses, and even for those considered mestizo noses, reduction of the dorsum implies the …

Surgeons who have recently trained, and even their faculty, may have forgotten that until the
mid-1980s, there was, for all purposes, no such thing as open rhinoplasty. For a short period …