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Plastic Surgery Hasn't Always Welcomed Black Folks — It's Time for a Shake-Up

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Plastic Surgery Hasn't Always Welcomed Black Folks — It's Time for a Shake-Up

When Steven Williams, MD, was a plastic surgery resident in the early 2000s, nose job essentials included a scalpel, a nasal speculum, and a mold depicting the size and shape the post-surgery nose should be. That shape was small with a "ski jump" nose br