How the 'Barbie' and 'ski-slope' nose trend is sweeping social media
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Abbi Dib was 13 years old when she first considered getting a nose job.
Tiny, sloped noses were dominating pop culture, and she dreamed of changing her own features to match.
As soon as she turned 18, Abbi joined a public waitlist for a rhinoplasty.
But while the surgery smoothed out the bridge of her nose and fixed her snoring, it wasn't the dramatic transformation the Melbourne journalist had hoped for.
"I remember being upset it wasn't sloped," she said.
"People would be like, 'Oh, you've had a nose job? That's really weird, it doesn't look like it.'
"That would be a shot to my heart."
Abbi, who comes from a Middle Eastern background, still has moments when she considers getting a second surgery to make her nose even smaller.
"[But] it would look so ridiculous because I have such big eyes that if I had a really tiny nose I would look like an alien," she said.
"And, also, it would be so far from my culture.
"But if I'm having a bad week and I feel ugly, then the thought does cross my mind."
Australian cosmetic surgeon Dr Namrata Anavekar said she has seen an almost 20 per cent increase in patients seeking this look in the past year.
However, the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons board member said any "trend-associated" surgeries like these are a concern.
"As opposed to a fashion trend where you can throw out your skinny jeans and buy a pair of boot cuts, surgery is permanent," she said.
In addition to cosmetic changes, rhinoplasty can be performed for health reasons, such as to correct breathing problems or repair damage from injury of congenital defects.
While traditional rhinoplasties aim to refine the nose so it blends in, the Barbie nose look generally suits "very few faces", Professor Sharp warns.
"People get that Barbie doll look and they go, 'My nose looks lost on my face'. So they'll end up seeking more facial procedures just to try to make it look balanced again," she said.
The "Barbie nose" procedure removes much of the structural integrity of the nose, increasing risks of breathing difficulties and even nasal collapse.
It can take "significant revisional procedures" to restructure the nose, including using rib cartilage.
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