Rhinoplasty for African American Patients

Methods: Open structure rhinoplasty, using the 3-tiered approach, was performed on all 75 patients. An anonymous questionnaire addressed postoperative patient satisfaction, maintenance of ethnic characteristics, selfesteem, and nasofacial harmony. The rate of complications was determined by medical record review. Results: On a scale of 1 to 5 (1, no change; 5, complete change), patients reported a significant degree of preservation of ethnic characteristics (mean,2.3), high self-esteem (mean, 4.3), and very high satisfaction (mean,4.6) and facial harmony (mean, 4.3) postoperatively (P .001 for all). The overall complication rate was 2.7%.