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thinking about getting a nose job thank
goodness it's not the 16th
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century turns out people actually got
nose jobs in 16th century Europe but
they weren't due to vanity they were
because of two major causes of nose loss
the first was swords it wasn't
completely uncommon to lose your nose in
a duel in fact Tao brah the 16th century
astronom lost his nose in a dispute over
a mathematical formula for the rest of
his life he wore a brass nose the second
cause was syphilis the disease was a big
problem in 16th century Europe and in
its later stages it can cause these
tumor-like growths called gumas when
they form on the nose they can eat away
at the healthy flesh and basically just
leave a rotting massive tissue on your
face in order to replace all these lost
noses these two brothers in Italy came
up with an early form of rhinoplasty the
process went a little something like
this they would make two incisions on
your bicep slide a knife under the skin
between the incisions and then shove
some fabric or cloth under the skin flap
they' created they would leave the
fabric there for about 3 weeks to make
sure the skin didn't reattach to the
muscle at which point they would cut off
one end of the flap and sew it onto your
face you basically have to walk around
with your head attached to your bicep
for about 2 2 weeks then they would cut
off the other end of the flap mold the
whole thing into a nose likee shape and
sew that onto your face as well that all
sounds horrifying enough but remember
this was 16th century Europe there were
no antibiotics there were no good
antiseptics so basically it was quite
possible that you would die of sepsis
because of your nose job on top of that
there was no anesthesia so you were
awake for this entire process so if you
don't like your nose or you have
syphilis be thankful you live in the
21st
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