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Father of Aesthetic Rhinoplasty

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2002;4:122-123.

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JOHN ORLANDO ROE (1848-1915) (Figure 1), an otolaryngologist who hailed from Rochester, NY, should be rightfully credited as the father of aesthetic rhinoplasty. Unfortunately, his contemporary, Jacques Joseph, has often been unjustly heralded as the proper bearer of this title.^1-2 Although Joseph's contributions at the time to the nascent field of facial plastic surgery should not be underestimated, Roe's pioneering endeavors were truly innovative and clearly antedated Joseph's work by 11 years. Joseph, often curmudgeonly disposed, would turn irascible and flush a bright red when his rival's name was invoked in his presence—an incident that Aufricht recounted—and would infrequently and erroneously cite Roe's achievements.³ Unlike the prevailing extranasal technique of the day—which marked the patient's nose with multiple incisions and which differs radically from present, external techniques—Roe devised a unique intranasal approach that corrected the tip, or a "pug-nose" deformity, his findings of which were published in 1887, . . . [Full Text of this Article]