African-American and Ethnic Rhinoplasty

Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj, a board certified facial plastic surgeon in private practice in New York City, performs hundreds of cosmetic surgery procedures a year on ethnic patients. After hearing an overwhelming number of discouraged Ethnic and African-American patients complain that there was nowhere they could turn for even basic information to answer their particular cosmetic surgery questions, he felt compelled to write this essential and honest consumer guide to address their very specific desires, questions and concerns. Dr. Slupchynskyj believes educating patients to be one of the most important roles of a plastic surgeon.

Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj, a board certified facial plastic surgeon in private practice in New York City, performs hundreds of cosmetic surgery procedures a year on ethnic or non-Caucausian patients. After hearing an overwhelming number of discouraged Ethnic and African-American patients complain that there was nowhere they could turn for even basic information to answer their particular cosmetic surgery questions, he felt compelled to write this essential and honest consumer guide to address their very specific desires, questions and concerns. Dr. Slupchynskyj believes educating patients to be one of the most important roles of a plastic surgeon. In the past decade, there has been an unprecedented demand for cosmetic procedures, specifically in the ethnic population. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports that since 2000, cosmetic plastic surgery procedures for ethnic patients are up a whopping 129 percent for African Americans and 173 percent for Hispanics. Socio-economic and media influences provide easier access and acceptance to cosmetic surgery in the minority communities. Two-time elected and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, has also placed African-Americans in the limelight. Cosmetic surgery today is no longer the domain of Caucasians and can no longer be characterized by race, or gender. Yet, despite these incredible statistics, African-American facial cosmetic surgery has and still remains the most neglected, least understood and least talked about.

Oleh Slupchynskyj, MD, FACS is a Board Certified and Fellowship trained Facial Plastic Surgeon and has been in private practice since 1998. He is Director and Founder of The Aesthetic Facial Surgery Center of New York and New Jersey with offices in Manhattan and Chatham, New Jersey and serves patients from the Northeast Metropolitan area, across the country and internationally. Born and raised in Manhattan, Dr. Slupchynskyj is board certified through the American Board of Otolaryngology. He is named one of America's Top Doctors for five consecutive years since 2012 by US News and World Report, New York Magazine and Castle Connelly Medical, Ltd. His articles have been published in the prestigious Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, including his landmark study on how his innovative surgical technique in African-American Rhinoplasty proves to preserve ethnicity, and increase self- esteem. He is the innovator of the SLUPlift minimally invasive mini-lift featured on CBS2 News. Dr. Slupchynskyj is a Fellow with The American College of Surgeons and member of the following Societies: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology, New York County Medical Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology Allergy, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. For more information on Dr. Slupchynskyj and his surgical techniques, please visit his websites: www.facechange.org, www.rhinoplastysurgeonnewyork.com and www.africanamericanrhinoplasty.com.