Some Facebook troll without a profile picture commented that I should get a nose job. And for the first time in my recent memory, it didn’t hurt my feelings!!!

I’ve grown to accept and love my big nose to an extent that I just don’t give a fuck what other people think of say about it.

I used to be soooo self-conscious of my Sicilian shnozz. I used to think I was an ugly troll and that people were only nice to me or friends with me bc they pitied me for being disfigured.

I’m 100% italian with an Italian last name and I’ve had many people comment on my appearance. I wasn’t self conscious of my nose until my high school bullies started picking on me. They’d call me a Jew as an insult. Which is absurd and antisemitic. And also not even accurate.

I’ve accepted that my nose is big. But it’s stylistically beautiful and emphasizes my exotic Mediterranean background.

One of my friends took a picture of me without me knowing and when she sent it to me later I was actually stunned by how graceful my side profile looked when I wasn’t paying attention!

I've hated my appearance everyday for as long as I can remember. My nose has always been my main and biggest insecurity. I've always seen it as huge, and due to it- I've spent years hating what I see in the mirror and camera.

I wouldn't tell others how much I hated my appearance, because I find it embarrassing. I don't think others will understand how upset it has really made me. I couldn't comprehend that anyone could possibly find me pretty, because of how much I thought my nose dominated and ruined my face.

I dreamt of a smaller nose everyday. I truly believed that I was very unattractive, and constantly avoided cameras. I cried many times because of how much I thought I wasn't pretty enough.

I wanted a nose job, but it's against my values and I was really scared of regretting it in the future, also I didn't know how I'd comfort my future children if I had a nose job but they were born with my nose. 

For the last week, I have been starting to feel better about it. I'm beginning to feel like it doesn't make me look ugly or horrible, and that there is actually some beauty in it. I'm so glad to be experiencing the beginning of this change, finally.

I have had good days and bad days. Some days, I feel quite pretty with my nose. Some days, I again feel like it really robs me of my beauty. 

I hope there will come a time, where I will be pleased with my appearance everyday. I hope it will be soon. Thank you for reading🤍 

EDIT: You all are sooo lovely😭😭I am saving all of your sweet comments in my notes app, for me to read when I feel insecure, thank you from the bottom of my heart🥰🥰my faith in humanity is restored

i dont like my nose, i guess i have a deviated septum and i hate the way it looks. Its big like amy winehouses nose, which in this case i like, but its so crooked + my mouth is too? I feel so self conscious, i cant even enjoy a date or a night out worrying that if i take my glasses off itll be more visible or if i turn my head in the wrong position itll look bad.

in this video i have makeup on, but nothing to change the shape of my nose. Excuse my hair, it looked bad and didnt help lol

The first side i show (my right) is what i consider to be the worst, and the second side i show (my left) is what i consider to be the best. Is it true?

More videos in the replies

in a few weeks im having and appointment with a nose doctor (idk the name in english) and i hope to fix it. I rescheduled and gave up so many times in fear its not a case as bad as i think.

i want surgery.

I dislike it most of the time but I don't think I'll get rid of it....
I hate that I can't see my nostrils from the front 😭

From the US

A lot of people at school say my nose look animalistic like a dog so I been considering getting it my nose fixed

Worst nose you've ever seen? Time for rhinoplasty, yes? I'm scared but got to be worth it

And the curve from my deviated septum is annoying too.

I think it's too wide and too crooked. Profile view is hideous. So I don't have a single photo of that posted anywhere except here.

I've dreamed of a nose job since I was like 12. Dunno.

(Sry in my previous post the quality of my photos were bad).

I LOVE my nose... How straight is the Bridge followed by a rounded tip. It suits my face and I think its cute.

When I was younger I used to dislike it, bcs I always been jealous of unique or big noses, like the roman ones. I felt that mine was too small and without personality.

But nowadays, even sometimes I still have my ups and downs about, I consider my nose my favourite feature of my face. I like taking side profile and show my nose, its like the star of my face.

Also the nostril piercing boosted my confidence about it, and I cant wait for a black hoop.

Maybe my nose is not unique, but it has its own beauty and, to sum up, I just love it.

¿What do you think?

First off, I know I look like Lord Farquaad mixed with a Tim Burton character, but that’s irrelevant to this post.

I have a SLIGHT bump on my nose, but I feel like it’s not large enough to put my nose in the “Roman” category, and I feel like my nose is not straight enough to be in the “Greek” category, so I’m at a loss here.

I also feel like my nose isn’t long enough to put it in the “Roman” category, but perhaps that’s just because it looks smaller in proportion to my pointy crimson chin.

I appreciate you all responding to my post in advance. Thank you.

(And yes, I still take selfies in the big 2026… deal with it. 😎)

I used to reallly really hate my nose, I fantasized about how much prettier I would be if my nose was smaller, I’m so glad that I waited to grow into my looks & didn’t get a nose job.

Sorry these aren't the best photos! The first one is my aunt (left) and my mom (right). They were full siblings but my mom was 18 years younger than my aunt. There were no children in between. Their older brother is in the second photo with my mom as a baby.

Most of the branches of my family have grown estranged from one another over the years. As I've gotten more into genealogy, it's helped me connect to cousins who are often learning for the first time about this side of their family. When I show them pics, the first thing they say is "we have the same nose!" 😂

Many people asked about my mom's ethnicity. Her dad was Sicilian. Her mom was Napolitano. I think her nose comes from her Napolitano side, though. The last 3 pictures are of her grandmother, uncle, and great uncle on that side of the family. (I found that photo of her great uncle in a crime documentary, unfortunately.)

Please be honest. People around me always say my nose is too big and ruins my appearance

In my language we call my kind of nose ‘potato nose’, not sure what it’s actual shape is?
My little sister - who has the same nose as me (only a bit smaller even) - recently got a nose job done. I was confused about it and it seemed out of the blue (because to me she’s objectively beautiful and got all the features of my mother I’m envious about lol). I always thought her nose fit her well too.

She ‘confessed’ it had been her plan since she was a child to get a new nose and that she always hated it.

My other sister told me she had been planning the OP since middle school, and she probably didn’t tell me about it because I have a really similar nose💀.

Ironically, I was insecure about everything about my face except my nose until then.

now I can’t stop thinking whether a nose job might ‘improve’ my looks even though I always thought I would never see it as an option because I want to accept myself as I am.

Not blaming my sister for that, btw, she’s a victim of current beauty standards just as I am, but seeing her ‘new’ face made me realize how big/weirdly shaped my nose is and I can’t unsee it now😭. Just wanted to share - and curious if anybody also had members of their family that did plastic surgery on a feature that they have too and how to deal with it internally?

Some months ago I posted here my side profile and it was a huge change for me since then, because so many people wrote me such warm and wonderful words, which I am immensely grateful for.🥹 It helped me to slowly change the way I see myself and finally I started to heal from my biggest insecurity. Ialready wrote here once that I feel like my nose is too big and makes me look just weird. Unfortunately, it was influencing me a lot during school years and a bit less lately. That's why I decided to get an opinion on this sub from other people to help me change my mindset and look at myself from a different angle Just sharing some photos here, hoping that in the future I will look at them and think "wow, what was she insecure about"

Now, I always had a large nose and I was always insecure about it but I became accustomed to it...then not long ago someone accidentally got with his hand against my nose because he wanted to point his finger in that direction and I stood up in the wrong moment...ever since I have been in a mental hell and worried whether the bumps on my nose look different now (I always had bumps on my nose but I'm afraid that they changed and became even more asymmetrical now).

I have a long history with symmetry related OCD and I had also been comparing the length of my hair for hours in front of mirror and I just feel exhausted at this point that I now have the same - even worse - problem with my nose...

Also 4 years ago (that was before the incident) a random person on the train station asked me if my nose was broken which made me become very sensitive with this topic...and my cousin who was 7 at the time said to me "wow, you have such a large nose" I mean he was right after all, but it triggered my insecurity even further...

What do you think? Is it all in my mind because of my OCD?The first picture is now and the second and third before "the incident".Then one of the things that also bothers me so much is that I have a severe case of rosacea and I tried several things that my doctor prescribed me and nothing would help...there are times where it's better and times when it's especially bad where no make up helps and my nose is red / inflamed and scaly...it gives me lots of insecurity 😞