Dr. David Ellis has never had a negative reaction to any rhinoplasty he has performed. Nevertheless, one of his patients went to a second doctor to remove scarring, and, unhappy with the results, later visited the unfortunate doctor’s office with a crossbow. Another dissatisfied man burned down his surgeon’s house.
THE PSYCHE OF THE NOSE
What is it about the nose that plunges so deep into a man’s psyche? There are a number of theories, and historical antecedents.
The sexual connotations of the nose are an ancient obsession. Animals, including humans, respond to odors and perfumes that affect sexual behavior. The ancient Maya in Central America were born with prominent noses, but royalty accentuated what they saw as this attractive feature by binding infants’ foreheads to accentuate the sloped of the nose.
Ancient Romans saw nose size as an measure of a man’s penis; male adulterers had their noses cut off as punishment. In India, society punished women the same way for more than a thousand years. In fact, Dr. Ellis points out that the abundance of noseless females there helped the early development of rhinoplasty.
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