February 27, 2003

SNIFF

Here's a phrase you don't hear every day: "End Stage Nose."

As if the nose was in Hospice, or something.

About whom does the phrase refer? Michael Jackson, of course.

And I quote:

"Michael Jackson has what we call an end-stage nose, a crippled nose, a crucified nose — one that's beyond the point of no return.''

This ABCNews.com chat with a noted plastic surgeon following the recent avalanche of Michael Jackson documentaries is a pretty interesting medical look at what he's done to his face.

The plastic surgeon, Dr. Pamela Lipkin explains:

"An end-stage nose means a nose that can't be salvaged; the tissues have lost their viability and even with perfect, expert surgery, improvement would be unlikely. Very few noses fall into this category — even noses that look awful and considerably over-operated may be highly improvable. End-stage really means that the nasal tissues have been so traumatized and scarred that reconstruction is doomed to fail. Obviously, continuing to operate on a nose like that could only make the situation worse. By "worse," I mean further destruction of the tissues so the nose gets smaller, more contracted and scarred."

In a word: Ick.

Grab the reins, Mike.

Posted by Jeff at February 27, 2003 03:34 PM | TrackBack
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