(Excerpted from Dr. Peter Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces (available on Amazon.com) and edited for our blog.) Fear can be a powerful obstacle preventing us from reaching our goals. Sometimes that fear is of the unknown. Sometimes we fear the way our desire might be perceived. In our five-part series we...
Tag: Facial Cosmetic Surgery
Your Nose, Part 5: The Process Of The Modern Rhinoplasty
(Excerpted from Dr. Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces, available on Amazon.com, and edited for our blog. Be sure to read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4!) Part 5: The Process Of The Modern Rhinoplasty So the nose bears a huge load of emotional and psychological baggage for its owner. The goal...
Famous Noses of History
Part 3 from Your Nose: A History of the Nose, Rhinoplasty and the Attitudes that Shape our Perception, in Five Parts (Excerpted from Dr. Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces, available on Amazon.com, and edited for our blog). Part 3: Famous Noses of History: A collection of anecdotes about noses of note...
The Preoccupation With Your Nose
Your Nose: A History of the Nose, Rhinoplasty and the Attitudes that Shape our Perception, in Five Parts (Excerpted from Toronto facial plastic surgeon Dr. Adamson’s book Fabulous Faces, available on Amazon.com and edited for our blog.) Part 2: The Preoccupation With Your Nose Tell me about your nose. What...
Open or Closed – Which is the Best Rhinoplasty Approach for You?
Since 1970 when the open, or external, approach to rhinoplasty was introduced to North America, there has been an ongoing discussion (sometimes heated amongst surgeons!) about the better surgical approach. Today, the jury has pretty much made its decision. In the earliest days of rhinoplasty (the procedure to aesthetically re-shape...