Nose articles

Does Your Nose Keep Growing as You Age?

Your nose does not keep growing, but it does get longer and look bigger with age. A consultant plastic surgeon explains why it happens and what can be done.

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Comparison

Roman Nose: What It Is, and Roman vs Greek vs Aquiline

A Roman nose has a convex bridge with a dorsal hump. How it differs from a Greek or aquiline nose, what causes it, and how a hump can be reduced.

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Button Nose: What It Is and Whether You Can Get One

Button nose explained: how it differs from a snub or upturned nose, what the side profile looks like and whether rhinoplasty can create one.

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Nasal Vestibulitis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Nasal vestibulitis is a skin infection just inside the nostril. Symptoms, causes, treatment at home, which cream works and when to seek urgent care.

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Nasal Polyps: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

What nasal polyps are, how to tell if you have them, why a one-sided polyp needs investigating, what shrinks them, and where FESS and polypectomy fit in.

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Flared Nostrils: What Nostril Flaring Means and How Wide Nostrils Are Treated

Flared nostrils are a shape, nostril flaring is a muscle action. Learn the difference, when flaring is an emergency and how alar base reduction helps.

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Snoring and Sleep Apnoea: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

Sleep apnoea or simple snoring? Learn how to tell them apart, what a sleep study measures, the DVLA rules and where nasal or palate surgery helps.

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Recovery

Rhinoplasty Recovery and Aftercare

Rhinoplasty recovery time is usually 6–8 weeks, with most people back at work in 1–2 weeks. Week-by-week timeline, swelling, exercise and aftercare tips.

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When Can I Wear Glasses After Rhinoplasty?

When can I wear glasses after rhinoplasty? Learn the safe timing, practical workarounds during recovery and whether contact lenses are a better option.

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Nasal Synechiae: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Nasal synechiae are scar bands inside the nose. Learn how to tell them from swelling, why sprays fail, how they are divided and how to prevent them.

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Septal Perforation (Perforated Septum): Causes and Treatment

Septal perforation is a hole in the nasal septum. Learn why small holes cause worse symptoms, the causes, and what a septal button or repair can do.

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Minimum Age for Rhinoplasty in the UK: Why We Say 18

The minimum age for rhinoplasty in the UK is 18, because the nose must finish growing. Learn when a nasal injury is urgent and what to do while you wait.

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Nose Bridge: Wide, High, Low and Collapsed Explained

What determines nose bridge shape - wide, high, low, collapsed or crooked - how each is assessed, and which are changed by surgery rather than filler.

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Can Rhinoplasty Affect My Sense of Smell or Taste?

Rhinoplasty sense of smell: can a nose job affect your smell or taste? Learn why changes happen and what to expect during your recovery from surgery.

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Blocked Nose After Rhinoplasty: Causes & Solutions

A blocked nose after rhinoplasty is usually swelling, but can be structural. Learn the causes, the normal timeline, and when revision is needed.

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Differences Between Female and Male Rhinoplasty

Female vs male rhinoplasty explained: how nose anatomy, skin thickness, goals and recovery differ, and how surgeons plan each nose in London.

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Can Rhinoplasty and Septoplasty Be Done Together?

Septoplasty and rhinoplasty together: find out how a combined septorhinoplasty can improve your breathing and reshape your nose in one operation.

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Alar Rim Retraction: Causes, Correction and Prevention

Alar retraction is when the nostril rim sits too high. Learn the causes, why over-resection leads to it, how grafts correct it and how it is prevented.

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Nasal Valve Collapse: Symptoms, the Cottle Test and Treatment

What the nasal valve is, how to check for collapse with the Cottle test, why nasal sprays don't work, and how spreader and alar batten grafts restore breathing.

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Pros and Cons of Turbinate Reduction with Septoplasty

Septoplasty and turbinate reduction can help a blocked nose. Weigh the benefits, risks and recovery before deciding if combined surgery is right.

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What Are Rhinoplasty Grafts and Why Are They Important?

Rhinoplasty grafts use cartilage, usually from the septum, to support and reshape the nose. Learn the main graft types and what recovery is like.

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Is Revision Rhinoplasty More Painful?

Is revision rhinoplasty painful? Discomfort is usually similar to a first nose job. See what recovery involves and how scar tissue plays a part.

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Common Reasons for a Collapsed Nostril and How It Happens

A collapsed nostril narrows when cartilage support weakens. Learn the causes, from rhinoplasty complications to a deviated septum, and the fixes.

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Saddle Nose Deformity: Early Signs, Causes and Reconstruction

Saddle nose deformity explained: the early signs, causes including systemic disease, when to seek urgent assessment and how the nasal bridge is rebuilt.

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