Ethnic Rhinoplasty in Tunisia

What is Ethnic Rhinoplasty?

Many plastics surgeons, in an effort to capitalize on the growth of rhinoplasty in the black community, promote themselves as specializing in “ethnic rhinoplasty”. Ethnic rhinoplasty is a catchall term that groups all patients who are not Caucasian, be it African American, Asian, Hispanic, Indian etc. into one big super group the “ethnic”. So we now have oversimplified the individual and created two groups for rhinoplasty, the Caucasian and the “Ethnic” rhinoplasty (which places everyone else in the world into one category). The term “ethnic” rhinoplasty is problematic for two reasons;
1) it is used to lump everyone who is not Caucasian into one category and does not appreciate the patient as an individual and
2) the term “ethnic” or ethnicity relates to cultural factors such as nationality, ancestry, language and beliefs and is not appropriate when discussing differences in an individuals anatomy that may come into play when performing rhinoplasty.

Why consider Ethnic Rhinoplasty

African American noses come in all shapes and sizes and an individual’s personal reasons for getting rhinoplasty vary as much. Some African Americans are unhappy with the noses they were born with, and some initially happy with their nose have noticed changes to the shape of their nose as they have aged. For others, a sports injury or accident may have distorted the nose and they simply want there old nose back. Sometimes the goal is simply improved breathing. One thing is clear: the size and shape of the nose has a significant impact on how a person feels about there face. The nose is the most defining characteristic of the face, and a slight alteration can greatly improve one’s overall appearance.