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From adolescence to adulthood, will all parts of the body stop growing? Apparently not! While you only see changes in height and body shape as you grow, not many realize that the nose grows with age as well. So, how does the nose grow? How fast is the growth of the human nose? Come on, see the full review below.
Evidently, the nose continues to grow like any other part of the body
Apart from playing an important role in beautifying the face, the nose functions to carry out vital functions of the body, namely breathing, preventing the entry of foreign particles that cause infection, determining the sense of smell and taste, and even influencing the resonance of your voice. Because the nose is rarely noticed, not many people realize that this one part of the body has its own uniqueness.
Bones throughout your body generally stop growing as you enter adulthood. This is due to the influence of muscle and fat cells that stop dividing. However, unexpectedly, cartilage or cartilage (such as in the ears and nose) will continue to grow until you die.
In fact, the nose continues to grow with age thanks to changes in soft tissue, muscle and cartilage flexibility. These changes then cause the nose to grow according to its basic structure.
Reporting from the Verywell page, a study published in Forensic Science International has noticed changes in the nasal passages of several different ethnic groups, namely people of Chinese, Indian, Malay, Central European, and African-American descent. The result, older people tend to have a nose size and shape that is larger than young people. This proves that it turns out that the nose grows as a person ages.
So, how does the nose grow?
According to an analysis by experts from the Functional Anatomy Research Center (FARC), the nose grows continuously influenced by age. It was found that there was an increase in nose volume, area, and linear distance in the nose as a person got older. In other words, researchers prove that the nose grows bigger over time.
In addition, researchers also found that the angle at the tip of the nose (the part of the nose that protrudes above the upper lip) tends to decrease. This is due to a decrease in collagen and elasticity in the skin, especially at the tip of the nose, as an effect of aging. As a result, the nose appears longer.
Starting into adolescence and continuing into adulthood, the growth of soft tissue in the nasal passages tends to occur faster in adolescent girls than boys. In fact, the height of your nose can increase by up to 2 times when you turn 20 years old than when you were born.
Although women's noses grow faster, basically, men's noses tend to be bigger than women's noses. In women, the volume of the nose can increase to 42 percent greater at the age of 18 to 30 years. Meanwhile, in men, the nose grows bigger until it reaches 36 percent at the same age.
The nose growth wasn't there yet. Nasal growth will slow down when you enter the age of 30 years. Interestingly, nasal volume can increase again at the age of 50-60 years. In men, this volume increase could reach 29 percent, while in women it was only 18 percent.
