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Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:18 pm  |
So I hate my nose. I have a bulbous tip and I'm not getting rhinoplasty to fix it. It's a risk and I don't have a spare 2 grand 
However over time there have been periods on and off when I've been told by family members. "Oh your nose has shrunk"
I'm wondering what I did to shrink it? Was it due to my diet or could it have been because I had, had the flu and spent a period of time, squeezing my nose and exercising it because of myself having a runny nose?
Does anyone else here have a bulbous tip and do you know things that have made it shrink?
thanks in advance  |
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Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:05 am |
How old are you? Some people "grow" into their nose, so that's what may have happened to you.
Otherwise, I don't think there is any way to shrink your nose short plastic surgery. I think what you'd be looking at is a tiplasty--bit less complex than rhinoplasty. Of course, neither are without extremely rare complications.
I tried this Japanese contraption that was basically a nose huggy, but it didn't work. Cheap plastic crap. If you want a real change, you will just have to save your money for surgery. |
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Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:19 am |
| lagay wrote: |
How old are you? Some people "grow" into their nose, so that's what may have happened to you.
Otherwise, I don't think there is any way to shrink your nose short plastic surgery. |
I'm 31 and have noticed people say it to me when I was in my twenties.
Sucks that going under the knife and punishing my wallet is the only way  |
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Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:43 pm |
| benzerbru wrote: |
| lagay wrote: |
How old are you? Some people "grow" into their nose, so that's what may have happened to you.
Otherwise, I don't think there is any way to shrink your nose short plastic surgery. |
I'm 31 and have noticed people say it to me when I was in my twenties.
Sucks that going under the knife and punishing my wallet is the only way |
Oftentimes when people complain about their noses to me, the info that something is amiss usually comes to me by surprise because their noses usually fit their face. I bet your nose isn't as out of place as you think. What about contouring makeup? People temporarily change hair color/cut by dyeing or wearing wigs, their body shape using shapers or padded clothes, etc so they can feel good about themselves. Why not apply the same magic to your nose using contouring makeup?
I am so oblivious to my nose. In fact the first time I actually paid attention to my nose was when someone saw a photo of me as a teen and exclaimed, "OMG, look at the size of your nose!" I was in my late 30's, so I found it funny that my nose had never been a topic of discussion before. Shortly after that, someone else saw my face exercise photos and asked how I was able to change my nose. I wondered if this obsession with noses was a new millennium trend coz I just did not get it. In all the photos being compared, I had no makeup so there was no contouring...and to me, my nose looks the same.
I do wonder if perhaps we bring attention to certain things by making a big deal about them when otherwise no one would have even noticed. I also think that we are hard on ourselves when we compare ourselves with other people, instead of looking at ourselves as unique and therefore appreciate how the differences we have actually bring out the best in us. I have seen some nose jobs make people look "interesting" in a freaky sort of way: the sort of "interesting" that fascinates little children the way a sci-fi alien creature might.
There are so many people with bulbous noses who are so beautiful and you may be one of them. But you would not see the beauty of the forest if you focused on just one tree. Play with makeup for starters...and contour less over time. You may come to actually appreciate how perfect your nose is. Also trust me on this: when you are comfortable in your skin and confident, it does not matter how ugly a feature you have is, you can actually fool the world into seeing it as an asset and actually liking it.
I once went to work with a hairstyle that looked nice when I created. My hair was wet and it hung nicely when I created the do. But halfway through the morning, my hair fully dried and with that came shrinkage that caused my hairstyle to change and when I saw myself in the mirror during a bathroom break, I nearly died of horror coz it really looked crazy. But there was nothing I could do about it without my styling tools. So I held my chin high and decided I'd fake being comfortable in it. I forced myself to believe it wasn't really that bad. One of the senior staff at my job saw me shortly after and burst out laughing and said loud enough for all to hear that I looked like Pipi Longstocking. Rather than let her accurate description make me uncomfortable, I smiled so smugly and asked "How did you guess that was the look I was going for? Thanks for noticing!" Suddenly her grin disappeared and she looked very confused. She tilted her head the way a confused puppy might as I just about skipped away looking as if I were the hottest thing in town. The look on this very trendy superior of mine was as if she thought she missed the memo on that do actually being the in-thing this season. 
I really think working with what you have, whether it being contouring your nose to look how you would like or highlighting the features you like on you so that your nose is sort of shadowed by the wow effect of the rest of you, will help keep you and others from focusing on it. The more we obsess about something, the more we tend to see it in its most exaggerated form. Change your thinking and your nose will change. |
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Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:06 am |
That is a pretty good way of thinking!
I know I'm not that crazy about my nose, but if I had to pick a cosmetic surgery it would be my eyes...again!
-one of my eyes has a slight problem and I did have it fixed twice, but your muscles have memory and I'm back to where I started.
But I do find it is somewhat affecting the vision in one eye,so it is not entirely considered "cosmetic".
My sister finally had a rhinoplasty- after 20 years of complaining about her nose.
-SHE did not have to pay for the whole thing as she had breathing problems w her nose. |
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Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:22 am |
| Love yourself as you are! |
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Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:27 pm |
| Nonie, That was a great post! Lots of useful advice. Also, makes you think about things in a more positive way. Thanks. |
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Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:01 pm |
Well, at least don't do what I did a while ago. I decided that my (aquiline) nose was too big and started a pressing-on-the-cartilege-daily regimen in the hope of gradually pushing it down a bit. Crazy, I know. Soon after I'd started that I saw a photo of myself and my nose looked about twice its normal size! Obviously I'd irritated it and it had swelled up (and become nice and shiny, too).
So that's for your amusement and as a cautionary tale ! |
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Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:07 pm |
| Seriously, though: are you sure you don't have any allergies, that are constantly irritating your nose? When it seemed smaller, were you living in a different climate or during a different season? I have a very bad dustmite allergy, so without a totally clean environment I immediately swell up and start sneezing. Allergy tests are easily performed. |
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:27 pm |
What do you mean by bulbous?
Do you mean slight trapped hard like fat .Concentrated hard fat on nose?
If thats your concern then Deb Crowley suggests a pinching rolling of the skin.Just like kneading of the skin.
She suggest if it becomes inflamed then cut back.
You should see results within the first weeks.
If you want my humble opinion on nose and ears ,undigested food is being accumulated on these regions through wrong diet.Especially protein debris from dairy,meat and other dense protein foods are being accumulated. |
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Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:47 am |
| panoslydios wrote: |
What do you mean by bulbous?
Do you mean slight trapped hard like fat .Concentrated hard fat on nose?
If thats your concern then Deb Crowley suggests a pinching rolling of the skin.Just like kneading of the skin.
She suggest if it becomes inflamed then cut back.
You should see results within the first weeks.
If you want my humble opinion on nose and ears ,undigested food is being accumulated on these regions through wrong diet.Especially protein debris from dairy,meat and other dense protein foods are being accumulated. |
Yes hard fat trapped on the end of my nose and nostrils is exactly it.
Thanks very much for the advice. I'm glad there's SOMETHING to indicate it could be reversed.
Whilst I appreciate your positive outlook Nonie, a bulbous nose is ugly. That isn't a random opinion, it's the consensus on beauty.
If there's diet/exercise that can help in it's severity, it will improve my appeal/confidence. |
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Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:21 am |
| benzerbru wrote: |
Whilst I appreciate your positive outlook Nonie, a bulbous nose is ugly. That isn't a random opinion, it's the consensus on beauty. |
I don't agree with your perspective but then again I have never been one to go with the current. Still I respect it and if you read my post, I did not overlook your feelings but offered suggestions for making you feel better about your nose, like faking the look you want with makeup.
I really think massaging your nose will give you one humongous snout. I have a friend who used to constantly rub her nose as a teen. I don't know if she did it out of habit or was really having an itchy nose; I don't even know if she ever stopped--probably not. Her mom warned about it and told her she would develop a huge nose if she kept that up, and I kid you not, she has the biggest nose in her family. On RealSelf the consensus is that squeezing youe nose will temporarily irritate it and make it swell thus look even bigger. But I guess the only way to find out what's what is to try it out and see for yourself. Personally I don't believe stuff I am told unless I see receipts of it having worked for others (plural being the keyword).
I know some cultures squeeze babies noses daily to shape them and swear it works. If true, perhaps it is coz the baby's cartilage is still soft, and maybe that is what gave the idea of that little clip thingy that is claimed to make the nose smaller. We actually had a discussion about it a few years ago:
[img]http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=37489[/img] |
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Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:34 am |
| As we age we lose soft tissue and bone all over our face. My guess is that is what happened. Noses also drop and slightly elongate with age. Something to do with the cartilage, I think. Ears also elongate. |
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Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:27 pm |
Please can someone call Deb Crowley to chime in on this thread for the safety of the kneading methods which she purposes for the eyes,but this time to break fatty hard cells on nose?
Thank you |
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:42 am |
| panoslydios wrote: |
What do you mean by bulbous?
Do you mean slight trapped hard like fat .Concentrated hard fat on nose?
If you want my humble opinion on nose and ears ,undigested food is being accumulated on these regions through wrong diet.Especially protein debris from dairy,meat and other dense protein foods are being accumulated. |
Wow.....really??
Not trying to be a B!tch but you should learn about how the organs in the body work and their actual functions.
I really don't know what else to say about this, but it belongs in that category of "swallowing your fingernails makes them grow in your stomach".
Sitting on cold rocks can give you a stomach ache.
If you swallow gum it will block up all the holes in your body and you will not be able to breathe....
Not too sure what other crap I can come up with at the moment....LOL. |
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:10 am |
^^^ ROFL.
Ottawa let me educate you .
The thin persons expel most of the food from lungs,lymphs and finally skin.
The fat persons dont get inflammation to their skin after eating the wrong foods .Instead they have bowel more bowel movements and store toxins in fat.
Trust me if you eat 2 pizzas and two bottles of coca cola together with creamy pasta you will see how most of the fat-mud-sludge-crap that is being expelled from everywhere in the face thus you get oily skin after such habits.
Imagine what happens if a person eats the wrong foods and especially concentrated-protein foods(such as eggs and meats) on a daily basis.This accumulated protein debris is being stored as hard rock/limeinto the lymphs thus reducing remarkably the blood circulation. |
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:36 am |
| Nonie aka AD wrote: |
| benzerbru wrote: |
Whilst I appreciate your positive outlook Nonie, a bulbous nose is ugly. That isn't a random opinion, it's the consensus on beauty. |
I don't agree with your perspective but then again I have never been one to go with the current. |
It's not current. A bulbous nose was ugly in 1800 and 1900 as it is in 2013. It's not beauty based on trend, it's based on natural human responses to features which indicate health or lack of it etc.
I'm a man so using makeup is off the cards which is why I have to go down different routes.
I wasn't going to jump into massaging my nose without more evidence anyway as yes it could just be counter productive.
Hopefully I find more evidence to support panoslydios's claims. |
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:11 am |
| benzerbru wrote: |
| Nonie aka AD wrote: |
| benzerbru wrote: |
Whilst I appreciate your positive outlook Nonie, a bulbous nose is ugly. That isn't a random opinion, it's the consensus on beauty. |
I don't agree with your perspective but then again I have never been one to go with the current. |
It's not current. A bulbous nose was ugly in 1800 and 1900 as it is in 2013. It's not beauty based on trend, it's based on natural human responses to features which indicate health or lack of it etc. |
I don't care when it is you and others decided a bulbous nose was ugly. I do not agree and no amount of repeating that statement will change my mind.
There are people who think kinky hair is ugly. I do not or I would be sporting straight hair all the time or wearing straight wigs/weaves because I take steps to change whatever I am not happy with. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell that I am almost a snob when it comes to my coily strands. I am so in love with my hair and convinced it is "all that and a bag of chips" that I would not trust stylists with it. Another "beauty trait" I am not on board with is that light skin is better than dark. I happen to be black but I am more milk chocolate than dark chocolate. But I have always admired the darker hued skin (think model Alek Wek). I even tried self-tanning lotions when I discovered them 20 years ago, since I am not a fan of too much sun, to try to darken my skin but whatever I tried washed off and I learned to be happy with what I have (See? It is possible to let go some notions: like me thinking I would look better darker). Athletic bodies with wide waists, small butts and narrow hips ie no curves are not a look I admire or would want for myself, no matter how nicely toned they are or how many people worship the look. Another thing, I am a women and I love love love my upper lip fuzz which I fondly call "my mustache" (I consider it a special gift from my Daddy who has a mustache) and will never wax, dye or try to change it in any way no matter how many people on earth decide it is not becoming on a woman. Also my stretch marks don't bother me or stop me from dressing how I want and no, I do not wear makeup to hide them; if folks don't like to see them, they should look away and resist the temptation to gawk at my sexy, dimply legs LOL. I have never been a slave to fashion and will wear whatever I want no matter what others think and I always make it work...or should I say "b(uh)ring it!" *snaps fingers*. Trends are the last things to influence how I live. Heck I still wear clothes I bought or had made in the 90's because *I* consider my look classic and always in and my opinion is usually all that matters to me. In fact, try not to faint but I even wear white after Labor Day!
Am I painting a picture yet? We do not share the same aesthetic values or point(s) of view, and that is OK by me. It is a shame you are not comfortable with makeup as you would not be the first man to wear it, and if you are wondering which straight men wear makeup since what happens in other people's heads seems to matter to you, ask anyone who works in TV or film. Also there was a thread where someone was not happy with having a wide face and I suggested makeup and posted examples of how effective it can be in giving the illusion of a narrow face. The examples included the two guys below:
Anyway, I am sorry I couldn't be much help to you and wish you success in finding a solution that makes you happy. |
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:15 am |
Rosacea can be, in extreme cases, very disfiguring to the nose. Google some images of that ....
If that's what you're experiencing, a dermatologist should be consulted.
Or google "rhinophyma". |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:54 am |
| panoslydios wrote: |
^^^ ROFL.
Ottawa let me educate you .
The thin persons expel most of the food from lungs,lymphs and finally skin.
The fat persons dont get inflammation to their skin after eating the wrong foods .Instead they have bowel more bowel movements and store toxins in fat.
Trust me if you eat 2 pizzas and two bottles of coca cola together with creamy pasta you will see how most of the fat-mud-sludge-crap that is being expelled from everywhere in the face thus you get oily skin after such habits.
Imagine what happens if a person eats the wrong foods and especially concentrated-protein foods(such as eggs and meats) on a daily basis.This accumulated protein debris is being stored as hard rock/limeinto the lymphs thus reducing remarkably the blood circulation. |
That would more likely be bloating in your face from the excess sodium in the food.
Also eating such a large amt of food at once would prob make you look bloated until the food can pass through your intestines.
I don't see why guys can not wear makeup- I know quite a few guys that do wear some, but then they are usually on TV or get their pictures taken often.
They do make lines of makeup that are esp for men now that have no sparkly things in it.
I think it might be Armani or some other men's brand that came out w that a few years ago. |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:18 pm |
A cheaper, but really weird alternative is using something called nose secret (google it) -- basically you put tabs up your nostril to make it skinny and pointy. It works ... until you pop them out. I've not personally tried them, but it seems more hassle than it's worth.
And if your nose really bothers, honestly, just either accept it best you can or start saving for a nose job. Those, as far as I can see, are your only two options. Nothing else will give you the kind of results you are looking for. There's no shame in plastic surgery--I consider it no worse than (and just as expensive as) braces! Just ... a tad more risky is all! |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:38 pm |
| Hi, my nose always bothered me. In my early 20's I had Rhinoplasty done for the bump and the tip. Seriously, was the best money I ever spent! |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:02 pm |
I'm sorry to tell you that if you don't get rhinoplasty, you are stuck with the nose you have. I know that some people say that you can change your nose through exercise, or pinching it, or whatever, but I've never seen any proof of that.
You might want to look into a teaching hospital for plastic surgery. They DO NOT let students operate, only observe, so you'd be getting it from a board-certified surgeon with a lot of experience. I don't know if hospitals do that any more, but it's worth a phone call to find out. |
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Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:26 pm |
benzerbru, my 21 year old daughter is transgender and before she started taking hormones and anti-androgens (testosterone blockers) her nose was huge. She was very worried about how un-feminine it looked but after being on hormones for a year and a half her nose is much, much smaller and very feminine. I was astonished! It's amazing what hormones can do to the face. Her face is very feminine now. Not just her nose but the cheek bones and entire face is soft looking.
I don't think taking hormones just to shrink your nose would be a good idea though. |
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