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While a complete anatomical/ethnographical nasal study of all the different races with every possible variation within the groups might be interesting, I have limited myself to three non-Caucasian groups who commonly request rhinoplasty: Asians, blacks, and Hispanics, with a special emphasis on the black nose. Again, understanding black nasal anatomy is the key to attaining facile comprehension and good surgical technique for most ethnic rhinoplasties.
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Hoefflin, S.M. (1998). Asian, Black, and Hispanic Anatomy. In: Ethnic Rhinoplasty. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1646-9_1
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