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A total of 4,040 cases of cosmetic rhinoplasty surgery was evaluated in terms of sex distribution, age, marital status, and motivating factors. There was a male to female ratio of 1∶15.9. Of the 1,880 patients operated on between 1975 and 1980, there were 40.2% females and 33.3% males over the age of 24 years. This is an increase over a previous patient group of 2,160 patients treated between 1964 and 1974, in which older women comprised 26.8% and older men 24% of those treated. The proportion of married patients has increased since 1975, with 29.1% of the women married and 11.4% of the men (versus 18.6% and 4.8%, respectively, for the earlier period). Motivating factors included the patient's own desire for a change, external influences such as advice from family or friends, and observation of someone who had undergone rhinoplasty successfully.
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Shulman, J., Westreich, M. Rhinoplasty update: Preoperative evaluation of 4,040 cases. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 7, 227–232 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570665
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