title: Anatomy of aesthetic surgery of the nose.
abstract: The nose is divided anatomically into its component aesthetic parts. The preoperative examination of each of these parts, as well as techniques to modify them, have been reviewed. It is stressed that the nose is aesthetically more than the sum of its parts. No component may be completely ignored, because the result we strive for must take into account the effect of each upon its counterparts.
authors.affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Michelson
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology