There are three main functions of the nasal cavity which are: olfaction, respiration, and the role this part of the body plays in immunity.

The nose is the body’s primary organ of smell and also functions as part of the body’s respiratory system. Air comes into the body through the nose. As it passes over the specialized cells of the olfactory system, the brain recognizes and identifies smells. Hairs in the nose clean the air of foreign particles.

Surprising Facts About Your Nose

• Your nose contains your breath.
• Your nose humidifies the air you breathe.
• Your nose cleans the air you breathe.
• Your nose regulates the temperature of your breath.
• Your nose protects you through smell.
• Smell is important in identification, memory and emotion.
• Your nose helps you find a mate.

Your nose lets you smell and it’s a big part of why you are able to taste things. The nose is also the main gate to the respiratory system, your body’s system for breathing.

Your nose is important to your health. It filters the air you breathe, removing dust, germs, and irritants. It warms and moistens the air to keep your lungs and tubes that lead to them from drying out. Your nose also contains the nerve cells that help your sense of smell.

Common nose-related issues that ENT’s see include: sinus infections, congestion, and airway blockage. Symptoms of sinus infections are pain in your face, upper teeth or in your ear, and drainage that is obstructed or abnormal, or nasal congestion.

Nose and Sinus Disorders

• Allergic rhinitis – an inflammation of the membranes lining the nose.
• Cerebral spinal fluid leaks.
• Chronic sinusitis with polyps – an inflammation of the sinuses that lasts more than 12 weeks and is associated with nasal polyps.
• Chronic sinusitis without polyps.
• Difficult infections.
• Deviated septums.

Beauty is of course subjective, but a Greek, or straight, nose is traditionally considered the most attractive nose shape.

‘Society deems small noses as more attractive than larger ones because it fits into the patriarchal idea of women being small, delicate, feminine and not taking too much space’

Africans have the widest and most prominent nose compared to other ethnic groups. Their noses are featured with enlarged nostrils, wide and rounded tips and a lack of protruded nasal bridge. West Africans have the widest noses (widest nostrils), while north Africans tend to have the smallest wide noses.

The surgery can change the size, shape, or proportions of your nose. Recently, many websites have been promoting nose exercises as an effective alternative to surgery. Although they claim these exercises can help shape and sharpen your nose, there’s no evidence that these exercises are effective.

The perfect nose should be adapted in side profile and front side. During the nose reshaping some basic rates and angles can affect the profile image such as nose-forehead angle, nose-tip angle and nose-lip angle, nose-chin angle, chin-neck angle, nose-ears size ratio and forehead-nose-chin ratio.

Sure, we know beautiful people with square-shaped face, round face, and so on. But the heart shape, otherwise more commonly known as a V-shaped face, has been scientifically proven to be the most visually attractive face shape to have.

The 12 Most Common Nose Types

1. Fleshy Nose. By far the most common nose shape identified in Tamir’s study, the fleshy nose accounts for over 24 percent of noses.
2. Turned-Up Nose.
3. Roman Nose.
4. Bumpy Nose.
5. Snub Nose.
6. Hawk Nose.
7. Greek Nose.
8. Nubian Nose.

The size of the nose is directly related to the sense of power, drive, leadership, ego, and desire to work independently exuded by the nose-bearer. A nose that resembles a button, it is the cutest nose of the lot. Women with button shaped nose are said to be imaginative and are usually proud of the shape of their nose.