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Indentation of nasal tip - should I stop taping my nose? Can this be fixed? (Photo)

Imaginative491925Jan 25, 2026

I have a flatness of my tip consistent of where the edge of my tape sits overnight. Is this a deformity or the tape? Should i stop taping?

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