Anthropometric study of the caucasian nose in the city of Curitiba: relevance of population evaluation

Norms and patterns of nasal esthetics are essential for an adequate preoperative evaluation and surgical programming. The esthetic nasal patterns used are a blend of artistic beauty ideals and tracings in models and celebrities. Because they do not consider population measures, they vary according t...

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Published in:Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology 2018-07, Vol.84 (4), p.486-493
Main Authors: Ballin, Annelyse Cristine, Carvalho, Bettina, Dolci, José Eduardo Lutaif, Becker, Renata, Berger, Cezar, Mocellin, Marcos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anthropometry
Anthropometry - methods
Antropometria
Brazil - ethnology
Esthetics
Estética nasal
Facial plastic surgery
Female
Humans
Lip - anatomy & histology
Male
Medidas nasais
Middle Aged
Nose - anatomy & histology
Nose esthetics
Nose measurements
Original
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Plástica facial
Prospective Studies
Reference Standards
Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty - standards
Rinoplastia
Sex Factors
White People
Young Adult
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Summary:Norms and patterns of nasal esthetics are essential for an adequate preoperative evaluation and surgical programming. The esthetic nasal patterns used are a blend of artistic beauty ideals and tracings in models and celebrities. Because they do not consider population measures, they vary according to the period, and allow a discrepancy between the surgeon's preference and the patient's real desire for rhinoplasty. Not all populations wish to obtain an esthetic result according to these values, but prefer a natural result, that is, one with some of the nasal characteristics of the population to which they belong to. The Brazilian population lacks population studies to evaluate its nose measurements. (1) To evaluate the anthropometric measures of Caucasian noses of people living in the city of Curitiba (state of Paraná), and to compare them to the ideal esthetic pattern of the literature; (2) To compare them between genders. This is a prospective cohort study involving 100 Caucasian volunteers at a tertiary hospital in Southern Brazil. Through the frontal and lateral view photos, intercanthal distance, alar distance, nasal dorsum length, nasofrontal angle, nasolabial angle, and nasal tip projection (Goode's method) were obtained. A statistical analysis was performed to compare the measures obtained between genders and with the ideal patterns. Comparing the results obtained with those predicted by the esthetic ideals, the sample presented: similar nasolabial angle (p=0.07), alar width greater than intercanthal distance (p
ISSN:1808-8694
1808-8686
1808-8686
DOI:10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.06.004