The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
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BEAUTY PN[RLGR

doae. a piece o. skin the shape af a l-
ter was loosened from the farehess
care being taken rot entirely to sever /,
at the lower point. Accurate measure.
Inenfs, OF course. had 10 be taken be-
terehand so as 20 have this piece exsc,h, $
correspond in size TO the piece of kin
removed from the noee.
Then the strip Of skin from the fro.
head was twisted on the answered lover
point. smoothed down over the bridge a
the nose. and stitched in place A hesl =
ing lotion was applied 10 the forehead and
the whole was carefully handaged
Many male paaientss" said the docor
Yes. great many. The men. thi,k
are jus; as vain as the women. witams
the last two months | have operated an
two district judges for wrinkles. Its e
commcnest thing in the world for mini
ters and other public speakers 10 hav
operations performed 10 improve thef
looks. The football is one OF our beg
friends. You can't blame a Young mar
IL he gets his nose kicked in in the gans 8
20 want it built out again. Lots OF soA
bali players are going about with froa
IS to $40 in gold in their noses in the form
OF artificial bridges. Every case has 10 h
treated on its own merits and according
10 the conditions 1t offers.
Art Of Nosema king.
This building out and cutting down Of (
noses is really a study in srehitecturea
continued the surgeon. You have TO b
careful or you will develop a nose that
Is misfit. and that will he just as much
a Disagreement AS the original deformity.
Bridges are made from plaster mouldsL
and the work Is done by a goldsmith.
The insertion OF an artificial septum BE-.
tween the nostrils Is a very nice piece
of work. Transforming Roman noses in.
10 the Grecian type and reshaping noSea
of the pug order are among the simplest
operations We have to perform. Ii only
requires a study OF what sor; of nose
the face demands. a determination OF hou
much should be cut of here and thefA
and few minutes with the knife.
THE chief skill in this sort OF an opef-
ation." explained the surgeon. - II In r.
moving the tissues from the bone and
cartilage before the pairing process Is BE-
gun in such shape that they can be r.
placed so as to give a smooth. natural
appearance when the incision Is healed
Unless this Is done the nose is apt 10 hare
a granuiated or bunchy look"
The last operation witnessed was On
for wrinkles. The surgeon explained that
wrinkles were due to the destruction q
disappearance of the fatty tissue undQr
the skin. which left 1t TO fall In folds O.
creases. and that the only cure was IA
take condition powders and I'LL out tia
skin again. or 10 nave the skin ftghteneo
so as to fit the underlying form.
The subject of the operation was toN
to lie stin and let her face res, in per.
feet repose, so that none of the muscIu
would be under tension. Then the sun
geon drew up folds in the forehead AM
on the temples to see how much skin y
take out TO remove the wrinkles In tn
forehead and at the corners of the eva
This was followed by similar experiment.
on the neck. just back of the jawbcnea
1t had TO be matter OF estimates. IL
surgeon said. and the shape OF the piece
OF skin cut out had to be determined "
the conditions under which the slack mans
ifested itself.
The surgeon treated the parts 10 be CT
with cocaine and drew what seemed H.
scroll patterns on the skin with the knifa
To draw out the wrinkles In the forehead
and at the corners OF the eyes he CT
within the line OF hair. SO that posah1
scar would not he seen. On the neck h
cut so that the scar would be screened r
far as possible by the Jaw bone. Having
described the patterns. he cut through IN
real skin. lifting out enough to provto
for the smoothing out OF the undesirahe
fNia, when the edges of the skin ver(
drawn together. In general the pieces re-
moved were OF an irregular oval. pontee
at the ends. The outlines of these ovaA
or CORES" varied according TO the cor
dition of the face and the amount OF ten
sion necessary to draw out the wrinkDeA
There isn't a day In the year that TIL
work is not going on said the surgcoa
land the number of people who throng
TO be made better looking with the kniN
Is legion In many cases. as OF accidem
or deformity. the craze TO be made oves
Is perfectly justifiahle. The patiente
would be foolish IL they did not take IN
step. In a host of others II Is puerile y
senile vanity. and the people submitting
TO the operations make themselves litth
better than "a laughing stock. However,
as long as there are people with D. waite
ends TO subserve In which looks enter y
factor there will be no respite for ths
surgeon who undertakes to beauiify"-
BOSTON Post