Potato nose: the most effective remedies to make it smaller!
What is commonly called potato nose is in medical terms a "hypertrophy of the alar cartilage, or an overgrowth of the cartilage scaffold that supports the nostrils and the nasal tip."
A matter of a few millimeters, an "aesthetic anomaly that, however, in the center of the face, can create some discomfort. To reduce and shrink it in a drastic and definitive way, the only remedy is rhinoplasty, but if you don't want to go that far you can take advantage of it. the potential of makeup and some natural remedies to make your potato nose look smaller and less wide at the base.
One of the first tips we give you, in terms of make-up, to hide the potato nose, is to focus on another part of the face, such as the eyes. Watch in this video how to make a splendid - and easy - smokey eyes , which will surely grab more attention than your nose!
The most effective remedies to make your potato nose smaller
Make-up, natural remedies, bizarre proposals: there are really many options to camouflage and reduce the potato nose, without having to resort to cosmetic surgery.
Nothing against rhinoplasty, but we must always consider the budget available, the risks of the intervention and the post-operative pain, which is not always negligible ...
So let's see how to shrink your potato nose without trauma!
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Make the potato nose smaller with nose contouring
Taking advantage of the increasingly advanced make-up techniques, you can resort to nose contouring, to modify the shape of the nose with plays of light and shadows.
What do you need to make it happen? A blush brush, a smaller blending brush, like the ones you use for eye shadows, a matte bronzer a couple of shades darker than your complexion and a highlighter.
To slim and reduce the width of a potato nose it is necessary to darken the fins of the nose and the side walls, illuminating the central part and that of the tip to lengthen the design in a harmonious way.
Your nose will appear less squat, longer and significantly less wide! Seeing is believing.
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Reduce the potato nose with a clothespin
It would seem a grandmother's remedy, which became famous also thanks to the character of Amy in the famous novel by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, in reality there is really an accessory on the market that promises miraculous results, if worn consistently for 15 minutes a day.
Through this kind of "nose clip" brace, not very different from a clothespin, the cartilage tissue of the nose is gradually pulled by 1-2 mm per month. The cost of these devices is around 50 euros. In short, believe it or not, before moving on to surgery, an attempt wouldn't hurt, right?
Natural remedies to shrink a potato nose
That is gymnastics! Yes, there are recommended exercises to reduce a slightly "bulky" nose. Again, perseverance and good will must not be lacking, otherwise we might as well go directly to the surgeon ...
To sculpt the nose through the exercises, the best is certainly this which, in addition to giving it the desired shape, prevents its cadence.
First use the index fingers of your hands to press the sides of your nose, and breathe hard, then press the bottom of the sides of the nostrils and breathe less forcefully. Repeat this exercise 10 times at least 4 times a day.
Another very useful exercise, which rather than reshapes, strengthens the muscles of the nose and will make it sharper, is to insistently move the nose left and right, making sure that your face remains still.
Do this exercise for at least 60 seconds, 2 or 3 times a day.
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Then there are those who do not have time or perseverance or, again, love "everything and now". Watch in this gallery a roundup of stars who have decided to resort to cosmetic surgery to correct nose defects.
Did they do it right? You judge!
