Is It Possible That With Age, My Nose Is Growing Larger?

The nose grows from birth to about age 5. It then starts growing again until puberty. The nose is comprised of four main parts. The connections betwen these parts begin to relax as we age and the nose can droop. Things that can cause the nose to droop are trauma to the nose, genetics, and the aging process.If one has a collagen vascular disorder like Ehlers Danlos it could possibly fall.

Hello and thank you for your question. The dorsal hump doesn’t necessarily grow with time but the tip can droop more if it is not properly stabilized and that can make it appear that the dorsal hump is growing as you age. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon who can evaluate you in person.

Best wishes and good luck.

Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon

The nose, like any body part, can change over time. With age, the nose can appear larger and the tip may droop. However, this process is slow and likely isn't shown in your early 20s. There are medical reasons for a nose to get larger, but this does not appear to be your case.

If you're unhappy with the size of your nose, or its proportion in relation to your face, consult a plastic surgeon. A rhinoplasty can make your nose smaller or reshape it.

With time and age things in your body change.Particularly in the nose, there seems to be a growth of the cartilage and also the skin gets thicker, especially in the tip/supratip area. But don't despair, there things usually happen quite late in life and very slowly.Another common thing i have heard is that people think the nose gets bigger or more prominent with weight fluctuations. Well, perhaps but its not the nose that is changing, its everything else around it...!

Most likely with age, you will notice the tip of your nose becomes larger and point downwards and that has to do with laxity of tissues.  There are ways to correct that surgically adding support to your nose wit cartilage taken rom your septum or ear

Your nasal shape is the result of the underlying bony and cartilage skeleton and the overlying skin and soft tissue that covers it.  With age, the relationship of these structures can change.  Traditionally, our skin and soft tissues become thinned and less supported with time, and therefore can change the way the skin and soft tissue appear as a covering over the nasal skeleton. While it is my opinion that the old wives tale  saying that the nose keeps growing our whole life is false, I do believe that there are noticeable and often predictable changes that occur in the nasal shape over the course of a lifetime.