A nose job without surgery

Rhinoplastic surgery

Up untill recently the only way to get your nose fixed was by rhinoplastic surgery. The procedure sounds like something out of a horror movie and the only reason it was so popular in it´s time is the fact that people will do almost anything to look good and feel confident about themselves. Having a nose that is different from other peoples noses is seen as a liability by a lot of folks. For most people, fitting in is a very important thing, much more important in fact than the pain and suffering from plastic surgery.

Just so you know what we´re talking about... During the procedure an incision is made in the nose bone. In some cases (for instance if the nose has been broken before and is set crooked) the nose will be re-broken. This is how important fitting in and looking 'normal' is to some people: they've allready had their nose broken once, by accident. They know how excruciatingly painful a broken nose can be. And yet they have their nose broken again in order to make it look straight! Even without breaking the bone, the procedure involves chipping away at the bone to make it the shape that the patient wants it to be.

People who've had their nose done in such a way can be recognized for weeks by the two shiners they will have: bruising around the eyes from the procedure. If all goes well however, the bruising will disappear and the swelling of the new nose will go down in two or three weeks and all will be well.

All in all, I'm glad to be able to report that in many cases, this is not necessary anymore. Now you can have non surgical rhinoplasty Beverly Hills!

No more cutting into healthy bodies

I'm not against plastic surgery alltogether but I do think it's important to note that I'm not in favor of cutting into healthy body's for the sake of esthetics alone. Sure, if you're disfigured, horribly burned and people stare at you a lot... well I can imagine the individual choosing to have surgery done.

*rant warning*

I do believe however that we as a society need to take a close look at ourselves and examine why we find ourselves staring at people who aren't 'average' or even 'model-like' and judging people by their looks alone. I believe that it's time to re-examine what we've done in our advertising imagery, our entertainment industry, actually our whole culture. Where is the newsreader with a discoloration of the skin? How about: let's have our anchormen and women be a reflection of the range of ages that our society in general has? How can we ever hope to combat the excesses of things like anorexia if we're shunning people who are different from the standard Hollywood sizes.

*rant over*

Going it without surgery

With the new techniques and procedures rhinoplasty Beverly Hills is no longer a painful, horror story and we can do away with that, refer it to the history books, back into a time when, haha, people thought surgery was the only way to improve your noses look. Instead a filler is injected into the nose, smoothing over any bumps. Sure, it's still a little painful, but not anywhere near the former procedure.

The results are also more natural looking. Let's face it, nobody wants to see a nose like the one Michael Jackson had in the end, no matter whether it was done by surgery or perhaps some sort of weird illness, whichever the cause might be. Let it be said, I don't do the Michael Jackson bashing thing. I think he was a talented artist and perhaps a troubled soul. His history, the abuse at the hands of his father, all reasons for me to pay my respect to the man who, at the very least, gave us a lot of great songs. (even if there were bad/criminal things he was accused of and perhaps guilty of, there's no reason to throw out the good with the bad)

More natural looking noses, where bumps from earlier injury are smoothed over. Not making the nose smaller per se, but making it look more natural, more fitting to the face. This is the kind of thing where with a minimum of effort and pain, you can gain a lot.

In addition to the procedure being less invasive, less painful and less labor intensive, it's also cheaper, bring that perfect nose within reach of many more people than just the happy Hollywood rich and famous crowd.