In search of the ideal nose

The proportions of the so-called ideal nasal shape and the operations desig ned to achieve this have been the subject of innumerable papers. The vast m ajority of patients in the authors' practices desire a more refined version of the nose and do not want the so-called nose-job look with ideal proport ions. A total of 2930 cosmetic rhinoplasties performed over the past 20 yea rs, based on the philosophy of refining the more unrefined features of the nose according to the patients' wishes, have been reviewed, and almost all of these patients were satisfied with the long-term shape of their nose, ev en though in many cases these noses would be considered less than ideal by some of the newer criteria.