Author/Authors :
Kalantar Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein Department of Plastic Surgery - Trauma Research Center - Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Ebrahimi, Ali Department of Plastic Surgery - Trauma Research Center - Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Shams, Amin Department of Plastic Surgery - Trauma Research Center - Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Nejadsarvari, Nasrin Department of Medical Ethics - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Rhinoplasty is the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure in Iran. Akbari Sari et al. in 2011 reported 180 cases of rhinoplasty per 100,000 populations (a total of 134,766 surgeries per year).1 This is considered as one of the world’s highest rates of rhinoplasty.2 Because of the Islamic dress code for women practiced in Iran, which leaves only their faces exposed, the nose is very prominent; thus, rhinoplasty has become the most popular plastic procedure in the country.3 More recently young men also are pursuing rhinoplasty and some of them for the 2nd or 3rd time.
