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“It was considered the classic nose.”
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It was also entirelyEurocentric.
Flash forward: Things are finally, slowly beginning to shift.
(The white patient population went from 9.2 million to 10.3 million during this same period.)
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The best of aesthetic medical providers are listening to the concerns of these patients and empowering their individuality.
Black patients and Black surgeons have been underrepresented in plastic surgery.
“‘But it doessagand droop.'”
Black Americans, women specifically, are also becoming more transparent about their experiences with plastic surgery.
Cardi B hasmaintained that candidnessby telling fans about her butt implant removal too.
She points to representation on social media as another force that has catapulted change forward.
Ultimately, this does a disservice to women across all races and ethnicities.
All of those ski-slope nose jobs started with the training of plastic surgeons.
Historically, surgeons have focused first on how to conduct procedures successfully and safely, says Dr. Williams.
“Both of these terms now reflect an honoring of some of those unique features.
Were not going to wipe away all of the characteristics that may be associated with your nose.
Work remains to be done to ensure that plastic surgeons are educated about diverse beauty standards.
Surgeons have also seen an increase in patients requesting a lip lift, according to a recentsurveyby AAFPRS.
Thicker hips and a round, pronounced butt are also in high demand.
Experts attribute this wave of acceptance for once-shunned ethnic features to celebrity influence and the megaphone of social media.
“Certain celebrities have been hugely influential in the plastic surgery or aesthetics industry,” says Dr. Bolden.
Fuller breasts, fuller lips, fuller cheeks are also okay.'”
Sociohistorically, some of Black womens defining features have existed in systems of both fetishization and oppression.
The constant comparisons generated by social media platforms don’t help, says Dr. Rowe.
But, Dr. Rowe says, the culture hasn’t arrived at those kinds of transparent conversations yet.
Can Black women have faith that this recent celebration of more racially distinctive features will last?
Dr. Rowe says she’s unsure of what the future holds.
The pendulum hasn’t swung so far as to eradicate, say,colorism.
