Nose Facts
Nose Facts

13 Weird Nose Facts

James Israelsen
By James Israelsen, Associate Writer
Published January 27, 2021Updated February 22, 2025
  • Repeated exposure to nickel, chromium, and various kinds of manufacturing chemicals have been found to increase the risk of nose cancer.[3]
  • Although Michael Jackson never acknowledged having cosmetic surgery, drastic changes to the shape of his nose over the course of his adult life indicate that he underwent multiple rhinoplasties.[1]
  • Nosebleeds occur when the wall of a blood vessel in the nose becomes too dry and cracks open.[4]
  • In rare cases, nosebleeds can actually result in so much blood loss that they are fatal.[4]
  • After studying the faces of 1,793 people from around the world, Dr. Abraham Tamir concluded that there are essentially only 14 different types of human noses.[5]
  • Twenty-four percent of the population have noses similar to Albert Einstein's.[5]
    • Bill Clinton Nose
    The bulge at the end of the nose is a rare trait
  • The rarest shape for a human nose is the bulbous type, exemplified by former US President Bill Clinton.[5]
  • Steve Martin wrote the screenplay for, as well as starred in, the 1980s movie Roxanne, a romantic comedy about a man with an abnormally large nose.[6]
  • The four most common causes for a broken nose are contact sports, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, and violent assaults.[2]
  • Thanks to airbags and increased seat belt use, the number of noses broken by hitting the dashboard during a car crash is significantly smaller than it was 30 years ago.[2]
    • Gisele Bündchen Nose
    Bündchen's success silenced early critics
  • Early in her career, model Gisele Bündchen was told she would never succeed without cosmetic surgery to decrease the size of her nose. She refused and later became one of the most highly paid models ever.[7]
  • In early modern Europe, "saddle nose"—a symptom of syphilis in which the bridge of the nose caves in—was thought to be a marker of sinful indiscretions.[8]
  • One early rhinoplasty procedure, developed by Gaspare Taglicozzi, involved using skin from the patient's arm to fashion a new nose. However, the skin had to be grafted to the nose while it was still on the arm and couldn't be separated for a period of three weeks.[8]
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