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Is my nose getting bigger?

anon33151Nov 7, 2014
Hi in the last 2 months I have noticed that my nose looks thicker. Is it in my head? Also I have always been self conscious of my thick nose. It straight so it looks good in the profile View but bad straight on. The first pic is the recent pic and the second is from 2 months ago

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