My ‘Barbie nose’ surgery inspired dozens to get it — I don’t listen to haters

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nose best. New Yorker Alexandria Linton never much cared for the picture-perfect, pink-loving plaything. Growing up in the early 2000s, when high-tech toys and high-speed computer games were de la mode, the plastic icon just didn’t appeal to her.But when Linton, now 25, got elective plastic surgery in March, she went for the human version of Barbie’s exquisitely straight, narrow and slightly upturned sniffer. “I got a cute little button nose — the Barbie nose,” Linton, a Midtown-based regional business manager for a cosmetic surgery group, told The Post. “I knew [her] nose would look good on my face.”The Gen Zer swears her decision to trim down her naturally “bulbous” beak was not influenced by the inescapable wave of Barbiecore that’s held fashionistas, interior designers and brides in a chokehold — even before the release of Greta Gerwig’s flick starring Margot Robbie, which went on to make more than $800 million in its first 12 days in theaters.“This is something I’ve wanted done to my nose for the past six years,” insisted Linton. “I’m a big proponent of doing whatever makes you feel best and confident.”“I got exactly what I wanted,” she declared.Despite having professional ties to rhinoplasty specialists in Manhattan — where a nose job can range from $10,000 to $30,000 — the brunette chose to go to Istanbul, under the knife of Dr.

Erdi Özdemir, who’s picked up more than 13.6 million TikTok eyeballs on his “Barbie nose” transformation videos.There, the procedure only set her back $4,100.