The idea is that you do this for a few minutes every day, and that by doing so your nose will ultimately become permanently smaller but of course I never managed to commit myself to hurting my nose on a daily basis and forgot after a few attempts. To me it seems rather unlikely that most people would remember to do this either, and using your fingers is just a quick way to develop spots on your nose and cause bruising as you won’t be able to get an even grip.
The ‘Nose-Up’
The next thing I found was the Nose-Up or Nose Magic (a variation on the same concept) which is essentially a clip designed to do the squeezing for you that you wear for 10-15 minutes a day. Now I’m a little sceptical as to whether this can really work – as cartilage may be softer than bone but it’s still not going to magically dissolve, but looking online there do seem to be some fairly happy testimonials that look relatively legitimate. What I’ve garnered from the reviews is that it takes about a month to have any effect and is only really useful for those who want to make the end of their nose slimmer. Still though, for $1 or whatever it is on eBay it might be worth a try for the very desperate – just don’t expect miracles.
Makeup
Finally the other option is to use makeup. Now the idea here isn’t to conceal your nose out of existence (if only), but rather to create an optical illusion of sorts by using ‘shader’ or a slightly darker foundation down the sides of the nose. This way you make it look as though your nose more steeply slopes to either side and make the ridge down the middle look narrower. It’s a temporary effect, and one I wasn’t willing to try as a man, but for women who are willing to put the time in it can be a very effective technique. This is called ‘contouring’ and to be honest is the only real option that is guaranteed to work.
