If you have a big nose, at what age could you tell it would be big?

[Anonymous]

I think it was around 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

DH and I both have big schnozzes, so DS is destined to have a big nose. He actually had a big nose at birth, and has grown into it in his 10 months. I started getting self-conscious about my nose in middle school. I will never forget when my Dad's boss ran his finger down my nose and said, "ah, the imperial [my last name] nose." what a dick.

[Anonymous]

"OP, please get off this subject. For your kid's sake.

coming from one with a button nose, I'm certain"

Nope.

Certain noses go through fashion cycles, as you can tell from old magazines. Lived long enough to know better. Hope you do too.

[Anonymous]

any tips for helping my daughter learn to appreciate her uniqueness (and prepare psychologically for the fact that her nose will be different/big) before it is actually something she notices AND, at the same time, without paying the issue the wrong amount/kind of attention??

[Anonymous]

"prepare psychologically"? About a big nose?

uh, get a grip?

I say this because, there will be things that are ugly or that suck about your kid, or your kid won't be good at something, and your kid will have to deal. And YOU have to deal. How are you going to teach them to deal with those things, and that they aren't always going to be the prettiest or the smartest or the best athlete? Guess what, everyone has some kind of cross to bear, and let's hope having a big nose is the worst of your daughter's problems.

[Anonymous]

OP here (first time re-posting. I didn't write 22:26) I don't consider this an issue at all with DC. I was looking at photos, thinking about how DC has changed, and the question came to mind. Thanks for indulging my curiosity.

[Anonymous]

Since sometime in grade school. It's not enormous, but it is slightly too large for my face and I've occasionally fantasized about a nose job. Unfortunately I have a bit of a thing for guys with even bigger noses than mine, so my daughter is pretty much screwed. (her dad has an even "stronger" nose than I do.) Oh well, something we'll have in common! (I think she has my big ears too. Poor kid.)

[Anonymous]

Mine is a little biggish, and I probably started noticing around high school. Still, for all my dislike of my (now perfectly fine, facially appropriate) nose, I was SHOCKED when a friend in high school had a nose job during the summer between sophomore and junior years. And FWIW, her nose was not that big to start with. A little big, not button-shaped, but it fit her face perfectly. then again, the new nose looked fine too.

[Anonymous]

I can usually tell on a toddler that they may have a big nose. We were just behind a little girl in church on Sunday that looked like she'd end up with a big nose. She was very pretty.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on whether you are talking about imperfections of the nose, like a bump, or just a good old fashioned huge nose.

I have a rather small/narrow nose, but had a bump. The bump didn't sprout until middle school. It was sad, because I started to get teased about it before I really noticed my nose wasn't all that cute. I was popular and otherwise a cute kid, so hearing some lighthearted teasing for the first time made me self-conscious.

I ended up having a nose job before college.

To the poster asking about "prepping" your kid for living with a big nose, I don't think you really can or should. If my mom had "prepped" me, I just think I would have felt self-conscious that much earlier. I also think I benefitted from the self confidence I built up thinking I was pretty cute until I became aware of my nose. Let your daughter think she's hot sh*t! Someone will eventually shoot her down, along with every other middle school kid. That's life!

[Anonymous]

"Guess what, everyone has some kind of cross to bear, and let's hope having a big nose is the worst of your daughter's problems."

PP here. Op, this is exactly what I am saying. You are doing her a tremendous disservice in your focus. Focus on something else. For your daughter.

[Anonymous]

OP, by age 3 you would know. The thing you can't tell this early is HOW big. That you know by 12.

[Anonymous]

Kids are not fully grown until out of high school, so before hand, a procedure would be a huge waste of money (and risk).

[Anonymous]

The more I read on this board. The more I realize people in D.C. have ZERO coping mechanisms. Not a good thing at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, by age 3 you would know. The thing you can't tell this early is HOW big. That you know by 12.

I disagree. Looking back at pictures, I had a cute little nose until 4th-5th grade. I'd say 7th grade was about when it really showed its true size. I hated it, and feel very lucky to have had a nose job when I was 17. At the time, I remember the plastic surgeon saying that 16 is usually the earliest they'll perform a nose job since that's when your nose generally stops changing and is at its adult shape.