I Squeeze my Nose and It Looks Disfigure for How 3 Weeks, is It Permanent?

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i squeeze my nose and it looks disfigure for how 3 weeks, is it permanent or it will recover? i just want to get the blackheads out but what happened is i disfigured my nose. please answer back.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

Squeezing a nose should not cause any permanent damage, but a plastic surgeon can and should examine you.  Kenneth Hughes, MD rhinoplasty Los Angeles, CA

Stewart Wang, MD, FACS · Answer

It would be nice to have photos to aid discussion. Not sure about what type of disfigurement that you are talking about. In general it's not a good idea to squeeze the blackheads out yourself, because along the way you can cause damage to the glandular tissue under the skin or even worse, infection. Get professional to do it properly.

	Best Wishes,

Talmage J. Raine, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

There are other ways to get blackheads out of your nose.  If the deformity persists for more than a few hours you are injuring the soft tissue of your nose.  Stop it.

	Talmage Raine MD FACS

	dr@drraine.com

I Squeeze my Nose and It Looks Disfigure for How 3 Weeks, is It Permanent?

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