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Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 17(01): 047-050
DOI: 10.7162/S1809-97772013000100008
Original Article
Thieme Publicações Ltda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rhinoplasty and its effects on the perception of beauty

Hernan Chinski
1   Medical doctor (staff physician, Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, ENT Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
,
Luis Chinski
2   Medical doctor (staff physician, ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
,
Jenny Armijos
3   Medical doctor (resident, ENT Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
,
Juan Pablo Arias
3   Medical doctor (resident, ENT Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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07 October 2012

Publication Date:
06 January 2014 (online)

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Summary

Introduction: Experts on nasal cosmetics and nasal surgery agree that aesthetic rhinoplasty leads to overall facial beautification and the perception of youth in patients. This “assumed truth” has never been proven in the international literature.

Aim: To examine increases in facial attractiveness ratings after rhinoplasty surgery.

Methods: We conducted a study series by choosing 30 female patients on whom we had operated and 25 evaluators in a single blind trial. The evaluators graded the patients' attractiveness before and after surgery.

Results: Beauty indices were significantly improved after the operation.

Conclusion: According to the third-party evaluation, the patients appeared prettier after undergoing aesthetic rhinoplasty.

Keywords

rhinoplasty - beauty - perception
 

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