Contents:
- Medical Video: Strange Things Discovered Inside People
- Evidently, the nose continues to grow like other body parts
- So, how does the nose grow?
Medical Video: Strange Things Discovered Inside People
Entering adolescence to adulthood, will all parts of the body stop growing? Apparently not! When you only see changes in height and body shape during the growth period, not many realize that the nose also grows with age. 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 other body parts
In addition to playing an important role in beautifying the face, the nose functions to carry out the body's vital functions, namely breathing, preventing the entry of foreign particles that cause infection, determining the sense of smell and taste, even affecting the resonance of your voice. Because the nose is rarely noticed, not many realize that this one part of the body holds its own uniqueness.
Bones throughout the body will generally stop growing after you enter adulthood. This is because of the influence of muscle cells and fat that stop splitting. However, unexpectedly, cartilage (like in the ears and nose) will continue to grow until you close.
In fact, the nose continues to grow with age thanks to changes in the soft tissue, muscles, and flexibility of cartilage. These changes then cause the nose to grow following its basic structure.
Quoted from the Verywell page, a study published in Forensic Science International has noticed changes in the nose in several different ethnic groups, namely people of Chinese, Indian, Malay, Central European, and African-American descent. As a result, older people tend to have a larger nose size and shape than young people. This proves that it turns out that the nose grows following a person's age.
So, how does the nose grow?
According to the analysis of experts from the Functional Anatomy Research Center (FARC), the growing nose continues to be influenced by age. There was an increase in nose volume, area, and linear distance to the nose as a person's age increased. 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 of the skin, especially at the tip of the nose, as an effect of aging. As a result, the nose looks longer.
Beginning into adolescence and continuing into adulthood, soft tissue growth in the nose tends to occur more quickly in adolescent girls than men. In fact, the height of the nose can increase up to 2 times when you turn 20 years compared to when you were born.
Although women's noses grow faster, basically male noses tend to be bigger than women's noses. In women, nasal volume can increase up to 42 percent greater in ages 18 to 30 years. While in men, the nose grows to reach 36 percent at the same age.
The growth of the nose was not there yet. Nose growth will slow down when you enter the age of 30 years. Interestingly, the nose volume can increase again at the age of 50-60 years. In men, this increase in volume can reach 29 percent, while in women only 18 percent.
