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A rhinoplasty is an operation that changes the shape of the nose.

The name Rhinoplasty is derived from the Greek rhis meaning nose and the Greek plassein meaning to form.
(Similarly, the word rhinoceros implies an animal with a large horn on the end of its nose, the Greek word for horn being keras.)

The operation of rhinoplasty is sometimes called a nose job but this is a rather demeaning term for what is often a very difficult and exacting surgical procedure.

Rhinoplasty is a common operation performed by plastic and ENT surgeons in Australia. It may be less commonly performed in USA where plastic surgeons perform an average of only 7 rhinoplasties per year. (Other cosmetic operations have increased in USA with the total number of procedures more than doubling between 1992 and 1998. Liposuction is the most common cosmetic procedure requested by both men and women.)

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