Are there any ethnicity-related facelift concerns?
Special considerations should be made for Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians, and other ethnic groups as the nose plays a big role for defining ethnicity and social class. It has long been a topic of debate and concern. Individuals do not want to ‘stand out in a crowd’ because of a peculiar shaped or huge nose; nonetheless they want to both unique and “normal”. And so the nose became a chief focal point for the improvement of cosmetic surgery procedures. Changes equaled rejection of ethnic heritage. For example, if an infant’s nose was crushed because of a fall and never completely healed to its ‘natural’ form, to the upper class eye a flat nose would never be sufficient, and would provoke ridicule from social peers. The aristocrat’s nose had the suitable point or finish to it, such that a flat nose could never project. The visual resulted mainly from the Grecian artistic sensibilities displayed in sculpture and painting and where the noblest of people were decorated with well shape
