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Frequently Asked Questions
Facelift Section
Ethnicity-Related
Issues:
Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians, and other ethnic
groups have unique considerations
Because of the nose's
contribution to looks and its capacity for defining ethnicity
and social class, the nose has long been a subject of debate
and concern. While seeking individual uniqueness, people nevertheless
do not want to "stand
out in a crowd" by virtue of an oddly shaped or out-sized nose.
People seek to be both unique and "normal". The nose, however,
could reduce all the effort to shrill uselessness if the nose's
owner clearly evidenced the marking of an "inferior class of
person". And so the nose became a primary focal point
for the development of cosmetic surgery procedures. Modifications
equaled denial of ethnic inheritance.
For instance, if a child
had been accidentally dropped during infancy, then a crushed
nose might never fully recover its 'natural' form. To the aristocrat's
eye a flat nose would never suffice, and would engender mockery
and snits from social peers. An aristocrat's nose had the proper
point or finish to it, such that a flat nose would never project.
The aesthetic derived principally from the Grecian artistic
sensibilities exhibited in sculpture and painting and where
the noblest of persons were adorned with well shaped noses
that finished on an aquine point much celebrated by admirers.
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