Tips to Make Your Nose Look Slimmer

Do you have a wide nose? Or perhaps it’s not wide all the way down, exactly, but it flares in places. Or it has an uneven, asymmetrical appearance.

Whatever the case, you don’t have to accept your nose as it is. If you’re eager to slim down your nose but aren’t keen on risky, expensive plastic surgery, you can try these minimally invasive or noninvasive options to make your nose look smaller instead.

Botox® for Nose Slimming: The Gold Standard for Nonsurgical Nose Thinning

The gold standard for nose contouring without traditional rhinoplasty is a Botox nose job.

A Botox nose job? Yes: Also known as a liquid nose job, this minimally invasive cosmetic procedure can temporarily make your nose appear slimmer. And unlike other interventions, it won’t alter the underlying tissues or cartilage.

Nose Botox is not a DIY medical procedure, of course. Botox is regarded as safe and effective when injected by a licensed professional who has completed proper Botox training — and only when injected by a licensed professional who has completed proper Botox training. Don’t try this at home, as they say.

What can you expect from a Botox nose job? The procedure typically takes about 30 minutes, including prep time, and involves targeted injections into the tip of the nose. Over time, the nasal tip lifts, slimming the nose’s profile and making the whole thing appear smaller. Results generally last four to six months.

Nose Lift With PDO Threads

A Botox nose job is technically a nose lift, but it’s not as durable as the other minimally invasive option: a Hiko nose thread lift.

This increasingly popular cosmetic procedure utilizes PDO thread, a type of medical-grade thread that slowly dissolves once stitched into the skin. The idea is to lift and tighten the skin on the tip, bridge, and sides of the nose, flattening out “flared” nostrils (a common cosmetic complaint) and making the nose appear more compact overall.

Like Botox, a PDO thread lift is temporary. But it should last a bit longer, on the order of six to twelve months rather than four to six.

Don’t Want a Liquid Nose Job or Thread Lift Yet? Try These 3 Things Instead

If you’re not quite ready for either of these minimally invasive options, try these noninvasive nose slimming strategies instead.

1. Nose Contouring Makeup

Depending on your skin tone, deftly applied makeup can dramatically alter your nose’s appearance. Apply shades lighter than your natural nose skin on areas you’d like to accentuate and shades darker on areas you’d like to blend into the background.

2. Nose Slimming Exercise

Slim nose exercise? Yes, it’s a thing — and people swear by it. Exercise helps improve your nose’s muscle tone and reduces the profile of its bridge and nostrils without creating additional unsightly bulk.

3. Strategic Makeup Elsewhere on the Face

Strategically applied makeup can make your nose look slimmer even when it’s not on the nose itself. The right combination of shadows and highlights on your cheekbones, around your eyes, and on either side of the nose will do the trick.