Survey of African American Rhinoplasty Patients
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon in New York and New Jersey
Fifty African American Rhinoplasty Patients responded to our survey yielding the following results.
Question: Do you think your ethnic features were changed by having a Rhinoplasty? Rating on a scale of 1 – 5: 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 35.1%
- 2 = 21.6%
- 3 = 21.6%
- 4 = 10.8%
- 5 = 10.8%
Question: Did your results of the surgery meet your expectations? Rating: On a scale of 1 – 5 : 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 0%
- 2 = 2.6%
- 3 = 10.5%
- 4 = 23.7%
- 5 = 63.2%
Question: Rhinoplasty surgery increased self-esteem? Rating: On a scale of 1 – 5: 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 5.3%
- 2 = 2.6%
- 3 = 10.5%
- 4 = 42.1%
- 5 = 39.5%
Question: Do you think that Rhinoplasty surgery enhanced your ability to obtain work? Rating: On a scale of 1 – 5: 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 40.5%
- 2 = 10.8%
- 3 = 16.2%
- 4 = 18.9%
- 5 = 13.5%
Question: How much did media/TV influence your decision to have surgery? Rating: On a scale of 1 – 5 : 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 23.7%
- 2 = 34.2%
- 3 = 15.8%
- 4 = 15.8%
- 5 = 10.5%
Question: Since your surgery, do you feel your nose fits your face? Rating: On a scale of 1 – 5: 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 5.3%
- 2 = 10.5%
- 3 = 10.5%
- 4 = 28.9%
- 5 = 44.7%
Question: How much are you interested in enhancing or changing your ethnic features? Rating: On a scale of 1 – 5: 5 being the most dramatic change, 1 being the least change.
- 1 = 7.9%
- 2 = 13.2%
- 3 = 31.6%
- 4 = 21.1%
- 5 = 26.3%
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