RHINOPLASTY DIARIES PART #2:
DON'T TAKE THE ARAB OUT FROM MY SON'S NOSE
As promised I am writing the second part of my series of articles covering interactions I have had during my 30 years in Rhinoplasty. This focuses on my journey as a Rhinoplasty at a time when the specialty was developing in India. Nowadays with all the audio-visual aids and experienced surgeon learning Rhinoplasty is much simpler in India. But when I started, there was no authority on Rhinoplasty, at least in Mumbai. At the time there were some famous genral plastic surgeons treating lm stars( but not particularly known for Rhinoplasty) but they were so secretive that they never allowed juniors to watch or learn their surgery , Especially if you weren't a plastic surgeon – I would go so far as to say it was considered a sin for an ENT surgeon to even think of Rhinoplasty, all that was expected from us was to divert cases like traffic policemen. As with all careers luck played a part, I joined as a Lecturer at theT.N.Medical college & B.Y.L Nair Hospital Mumbai,, the professor was very friendly with a German plastic surgeon and ordered a full Karl storz Rhinoplasty instrument set. KEY WORDS: RHINOPLASTY, NOSE DEFORMITY, CORRECTION OF NOSE DEFORMITY