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From PressTV:

Mohsen Naraghi along with Gilbert J. Nolst Trenite, the director of the European Academy of facial plastic surgery, are the only non-American surgeons to teach advanced courses in rhinoplasty in the upcoming AAFPRS congress, the Facial Plastic Times magazine reported.

Naraghi will teach 'functional rhinoplasty,' one of the latest developments in plastic surgery, to international surgeons.

Mohsen Naraghi is a rhinology professor with more than a decade of postgraduate academic teaching experience in rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery.

In addition, a separate post by PressTV announced that Dr. Naraghi has been asked to join the American Rhinologic Society. A description of functional rhinoplasty can be found here. PressTV is a pro-Iranian news service in English.

John Di Saia's Truth in Cosmetic Surgery blog this week ran a photo comparison of Barack Obama in his youth -- prior to his rhinoplasty -- and then more recently, after his nose job.

Dr. Di Saia wrote, “The old Barack image features a more rounded nasal tip. His later images look consistent with a minimal tip rhinoplasty to me. It makes for a more 'Caucasian' look. Maybe...”

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

The above photo was taken from the MakeMeHeal.com site, which also commented on the possiblility of Michelle Obama having had plastic surgery -- not likely, according to the blogger who posted the above photo. In the same blog entry, the author comments on the possible plastic surgery that may have been performed on John McCain's wife, Cindy.