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.

Typically at your age, the nose is longer growing. As we all age, the ligaments inside the nose can weaken and the nose will droop some, making it appear larger. Also the skin can thicken over time. If you are concerned, then be sure to see a rhinoplasty specialist for consultation.

Yes, the nose can get larger very gradually over time (you can google photos of Paul Newman as a young man and then as an old man and see the difference). Most women who see me for rhinoplasties have noses that are too big and they prefer a more feminine nose. But they do not wish to look like someone else or have a nose that looks like it has been operated on. At 24, any future changes in the size of your nose are going to be very small. You may wish to consider a rhinoplasty. Yes, the appearance of the nose is important to everyone's self image. I have attached a link to my website in case you wish to read more.

Once you become an adult your nose no longer grows.  However your nose may appear to getting longer as it can slowly droop with time.  This has to do with ligaments and connective tissue weakening like it does everywhere else in the body. 

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. 

This is a very interesting question. The aging process can certainly make it seem as if your nose is getting larger, or at least changing in shape, with time. The nose can descend, or droop, with age. Other aspects of the aging process include loosening of skin on the face as well as a decline in the structural support of the face. All of these changes can give the alter the appearance of your nose over time. 

Gary Linkov, MD
Rhinoplasty Specialist
Manhattan

As most of our body, the nose changes with age as well. The bones and muscles do most of the growing and developing during puberty and stop at a certain point, but the cartilage keeps on growing. The changes on the nose that come over the years are mostly related to cartilage changes on/in the nose. What happens with most noses during the aging process is that the nasal tip becomes droopy, which makes the nose longer. This can be caused by many factors, primarily genetics, but also because the skin loses its elasticity, gets thinner, as well as loosening of the connective tissue, etc.  
However, keep in mind that your nose is part of your entire face and looks bigger/smaller in proportion to your other facial features - for instance, some people's facial features get more or less prominent when they lose or gain weight. Do not focus only on your nose, look at it as part of a whole - your entire face.