Vibrator glasses for a “taller” nose
Generally when I think “rhinoplasty” and Japanese, it is trying to remember what kanji characters to use. Japanese have cute button noses; rhinoplasty shouldn’t be an issue, right? But oh no.
Japanese judge beauty by how “tall” your nose is. That is, how humped and high the bridge is. The second-most popular plastic surgery procedure for Japanese and Asians after eyelid surgery is “dorsal augmentation” to raise the bridge of the nose. These glasses allegedly invented by Joji Yamahara (emeritus professor of the University of Sydney’s pharmacology department) vibrate the bridge of the nose to make it “taller” just as the Japanese love.
Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women: Rhinoplasty glasses
…a Japanese professor at the University of Sydney has made it possible for folks to get their gaijin nose without going under the knife. His invention comes in the form of a pair of lensless glasses, where the magic lies in the polythene nose piece. Powered by mercury batteries, the nose piece vibrates at 7,000 Hz per minute, creating a force that excites the growth of your nasal bridge cartilage. Wear it for three minutes everyday, and you should be able to look down your newly augmented nose in two to three weeks.
A pair costs HK$1, 680 at JC Shop outlets in Hong Kong, where they’ve experimented on a model - her nose was apparently raised from 20 degrees to 30 degrees after seven days of use.
UPDATE: Here’s an even sillier nose product from Japan…
Photo thanks to Gnosis’ flickr site.
Actually such nose clips for beauty are a world-famous medical frauds. Called a “nose straightener” in the West, it’s featured on the cover blurb of the book, “Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices” and on the top page of the website Museum of Questionable Medical Devices.
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December 26th, 2005 at 8:58 am
I would like to know where I can buy ” Rhinoplasty glasses ” in America. thanks
December 27th, 2005 at 3:10 pm
Hi Vivain!
Sorry, but those ‘Rhinoplasty glasses’are not being sold anywhere now. Dr Yamahara is no longer active in the production of these ” Rhinoplasty glasses” since he now has retired from the University of Sydney and has returned to Japan where he is occasionally involved in selling fakey health foods in his Osaka neighborhood as a hobby.
L8r…
Taro
February 7th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
the advertisement for these glasses still appear on http://www.jcshop.com.hk/retail/003/main.htm. is there a japanese ebay or something? xD i’ll do anything for a pair of these!
February 8th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Sorry to say, nearly all Japanese websales require a Japanese credit card or Japan-only postal COD. Basically, no Japanese website will ship overseas because credit-card fraud is so common.
You can try to ask for a special order from the only Japanese company who does ship to overseas, J-List.com.
http://affiliates.jlist.com/click/393/71
February 9th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
i’ll try out your idea! if it works, i’ll be forever grateful! ^____^
February 13th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
hey Taro are there any other products in Japan that can augment your nose? i found this http://www.rakuten.co.jp/goodsman/513286/405809/ but i’ve never heard anything about it, so i’m hesitant about purchasing it.
September 29th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
hey where can i get it in malaysia?? can you please tell me , or even the way to get that item from malaysia? thanks.
October 10th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
what website sell it right now can ship to USA or Canada?
thanks in advance!
October 10th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Sorry.
Not only do the “Rhinoplasty glasses” not work, no Japanese website wants to directly ship products to customers outside Japan.
You try one the Japanese “proxy mail order/auction” firms such as goodsfromjapan.com (but note, Buyer Beware).
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hey taro, you know about the HANAHANA product from jap? the nose clip thing?
does it actually work, or just stretches your skin or does it actually make your nose shaper?
if it does, is it permanent? since theres nothing to support it after you take the clip off.
its just like braces how u need plates after right?
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Neither the HANAHANA nose clip and these vibrator glasses have any significant effect (besides temporary discomfort).
L8r…
Taro, with a nose 3-times “taller” than any Japanese :-)
PS: Actually, the nose clip for beauty is a world-famous medical fraud.
Called a “nose straightener” in the West, it’s featured on the cover blurb of the book, “Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices” and on the top page of the website Museum of Questionable Medical Devices.
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Taro, do you know any way of making my nose bigger? Do you think my nose will stay like this or will keep growing?
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Well, the nose clip would “work” like it does on people who have worn thick and heavy glasses all their life. That is, if you wore the nose clip every night for eight or ten years you would end up with two dents on the sides of the bridge of your nose just like people who have worn heavy glasses all their life.
Basically, once you finish growing (around age 18 for women, 21 for men) you can have a small silicon implant placed in the bridge of nose for less than 900,000 yen. That may sound expensive but that a less money than what most people waste on fashion over a period of five years. The silicon implant lasts a lifetime so it’s a huge bargain appearance-wise and fashion-wise.
Noses do grow with age, but mostly in width which is seldom what people want. :-)