In a world fueled by unrealistic beauty standards and overly polished Insta pics, loving yourself can become increasingly hard. Plus, body modification seems to be a hot topic these days, from injections and surgeries adored by so many celebs to face tune apps and TV shows like Botched and Nip/Tuck.
However, when it comes to one of the most sensitive body parts, our noses, more and more people are beginning to appreciate them in their natural beauty. In fact, the number of Americans getting nose jobs has plunged 43% since 2000.
And recently, we've seen a rise in threads where people speak of loving their "unique," "big" and "non-ideal" noses that give them a unique look and authentic charm. Previously, we wrote about women sharing their noses in a thread after one Twitter user went viral, writing “It’s okay if your nose looks like all the 'before' pictures.”
This time, another inspiring "nose appreciation" thread was born after the Twitter user @mooninfirst shared a mood board of nose profiles with the caption “if u have these noses I’m already in love with u u don’t even have to say anything.” More women joined the thread, sharing their profiles and spreading the self-love we all need these days.
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Big noses, tooth gaps, really anything that deviates from the cookie cutter version of "attractive" that is promoted by the beauty industry, should be celebrated.
Bored Panda reached out to Ashley, who shared her selfie on the inspirational "nose appreciation" Twitter thread, who told us what her journey to self-love was like. “I have definitely felt like my nose was not good enough. When I was younger, I used to spend hours staring at myself in the mirror and looking at my nose and crying.”
Ashley said she would look at it from all angles and “mess around with it, trying to squish and shape it into what I wish it could have been.”
Now that Ashley is 25 years old, she claims that no young girl should ever have to feel like that about themselves. “It even held me back from getting contacts until literally last year! And I’ve worn glasses since 3rd grade."
She only started finally loving herself at around 20-21 years old. “I decided to start being kinder to myself when it came to my physical appearance. I realized I wasn’t the hideous monster I always thought I was, and that everyone has things they don’t like about themselves.”
Your nose is beautiful. Very regal, not like the cookie-cutter, one size is meant to fit all, noses that everyone is meant to prefer.
At this point in her life, Ashley always reminds herself of the things she likes about herself. She believes that “there are more important things to worry about than how my nose looks or any other little thing I used to obsess over when I was younger.” Sticking to what you love about yourself makes negative thoughts pass rather quickly.
To everyone who’s struggling to love themselves, Ashley wants to remind them that “we put way too much power in our physical appearance.” This is how we become self-destructive.
“It’s good to care about how you look but only to a certain extent. And how you look on the outside says nothing about the person you actually are on the inside. I know it’s cliche, but it’s true, and it’s something I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older.”
Most importantly, nobody should ever let their insecurities hold them back. We are all beautiful in our own special way, and even though not everyone may think so, Ashley insists that “what these random people think does not matter.” So, “don’t give them the power to control how you feel about yourself,” she concluded.
Thankfully, over the past decade, beauty trends have slowly shifted towards what we commonly refer to as natural beauty, no matter what a slippery slope this definition may be. Today, more than ever do we speak about self-love and acceptance, which seems very paradoxical when thinking of the enormous influence social media and influencers have made on society at large in the same decade.
And although it’d be impossible to draw general conclusions when it comes to particular parts of bodies, our noses, to be precise, the ways we perceive them have changed drastically. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has reported that rhinoplasty is down 43% since 2000.
Many factors have come into play when it comes to this shift, from body positivity movements to the renaissance of all things natural, to horror stories of celebrity nose jobs gone wrong (Michael Jackson, anyone?!), to the financial crisis of 2008, to the fact that face tune apps have done the same job without the need to go under the knife.
Woah! I love the odd arch and then straight down it has! Embrace it! ❤️
Perfectly balances the head. And that haircut really accentuates your face. Great pic.
Lately, Covid-19 and the compulsory use of face masks are also likely to have contributed. Most importantly, more and more people are now willing to openly talk about their anxieties when it comes to appearance, which helps everyone realize they’re not alone.
In reality, there’s nothing more perfect than the imperfect nose. When you think of it from a human standpoint, it’s our uniqueness that makes us who we are. After all, people grow tired of a fake, cyborgian look that looks blank and honestly, soulless.
I never knew how much I liked noses before, but as it turns out, I like noses!
I don’t know this language but I’m guessing it means “this is my moment”
Great pic. The light catches your face and gives it a tremendous depth and power.
There is seriously nothing wrong with any of these noses! Why are people hating on perfectly normal nose?🤷♀️
I had a giant nose that dwarfed my face - was teased pretty much daily through school, by strangers, etc. I would have traded noses/faces with 99% of these posters, trust me. I had it modified and the angst of my profile vanished and I was so much happier. The meanness of strangers could have made me a mean and angry person but I feel it made me more empathetic to others. My husband (who met and fell in love with me pre-nose job) thinks I am kind and caring and a defender of those less visually blessed. My kids all have my big nose gene but their other features are balancing it out and I have raised them with confidence and acceptance. But I will never deny people their feelings about their own appearance. It can be a really rough road if you're self-conscious to a high degree.
Firstly, I was in love with a beautiful woman with an 'odd' shape nose; it was a feature that particularly enamoured me. Secondly, only get rhinoplasty if you need to correct your nose if it is causing medical problems (I did when, in an unprovoked attack, someone kicked my head in and broke my nose).
👍 totally agree with you. Especially when you see all these noses undergoing surgery that no longer have any personality, what sadness. (my nose has been broken for a few years and I don't want to end up with a "generic" nose)
Load More Replies...I have a ¨Jewish¨ nose (yes I am Jewish), a tooth gap, differently shaped eyes, one is larger and raised higher than the rest, and REALLY frizzy hair. I felt ugly all my life. I was called a witch for the shape of my nose. Many of my friends were the beautiful, popular ones, and I couldn´t believe they would want to be my friend. They told me that to them, my appearance didn´t matter, that I was beautiful outside and inside, that I was one of the best people they knew, and that they were proud to be my friend, even if I didn´t believe all that. Sorry, I know this doesn´t really belong here, I had to vent. The teasing is starting up again, only this time its worse cuz im in high school.
Madonna had a large nose, gap teeth and frizzy hair. And she was always considered beautiful. Those features aren’t what make a person look good or bad, and if you look bad and have those features, you shouldn’t blame it on those features.
Load More Replies...If you can, love it. Much respect for the women who do that. I couldnt, i didnt want to anymore, i searched, safed and payed a lot for the best surgeon in town and am now super happy with my "new" nose. What ever you do, dont let others decide for you.
Well said. Make sure it's your own decision and not the pressure from other people.
Load More Replies...You should all just be happy to have a nose that functions properly. My deviated septum makes me miserable at times.I can't sleep facing my right side or my nose blocks, the flu is absolutely horrible for me, I breath with my mouth 60% of the time and I always have a tissue in my hand!
My ex-husband always said I had a potato nose... Note, ex-husband... And I would rather have a potato nose than a potato head like him 😆
I simply don't see any "before" photos. I see beautiful, noble and unique profiles of these faces. If these noses were changed, the entire aesthetic and voice would change as well. That would be a loss.
I bought a new one. And it's FABULOUS. If I had it to do again, I would have done it 15 years earlier.
Beautiful women here! I think women who love their nose are right. But women who go for plastic surgery are also right, It´s their choice! As long they don´t get obsessed...
Well said! Like I said in an above comment. I got my nose changed because of bullying all of my life for it. Bullying even into adulthood. I hated my myself. I hated my appearance. Some days I would look in the mirror and cry and not want to leave the house I felt hideous and thought of all the comments over the years people made about my nose. I saved up for years to afford it and it was the best decision I made. And anyone who tries to say otherwise has never gone through life being relentlessly bullied and teased over and over again for something they cannot change or hide. Something that makes you hate yourself.
Load More Replies...I have a large nose but I like it because I was always told growing up that it looks like my great grandfather's nose, which it does! I have the exact same nose as my great grandfather.
It's funny. I remember when the star of dirty dancing, a gorgeous woman called Jennifer Grey, had a nose job, and suddenly she was a generic pretty face. Character and beauty comes from such distinction as her nose brought. I love this gallery, mainly because I have a characterless, dead straight nose, that doesn't have any distinction at all :)
For me, there was an ad for 'tightening your jawline" right next to the text at the top of the article..... sigh......
My 71 y.o. Adonis husband has very prominent ears. His Mother used to pull him by the ears and sigh and say “just where did THESE come from?” The teasing was from other children was terrible. Finally, the rest of his head caught up to them big they are still “larger” by made-up arbitrarily set, male beauty king standards. Doesn’t seem to stop women from throwing themselves at him though! 😏
When I was younger I'd have thought those noses were "not right" , just as mine wasn't. Mine is not huge but biggish with a definite bump near the top which was given to me by my baby brother when he sort of punched it when I was about seven and he was four. It wasn't a violent thing, just a game and he had no idea it would hurt me and reshape my nose! Now those noses seem just normal to me because I like mine now, even love it sometimes. It helps that I'm not called beaky, etc anymore. Believe me all of those women will have been mocked at some point but the funny thing is the more you love your nose and all your features, the less people mock you.
I didn't see a single nose that was ugly. I thought there would be some wicked witch of the west noses here. These versions only add attractiveness.
I was the only one who paid any attention to my nose. I was 'blessed' with the Mexican nose my Great-Grandfather was so proud of. I wasn't ugly. I wasn't deformed. That nose caused me great amounts of anxiety, to the point that I was afraid to go anywhere in public alone. Cosmetic surgery is just like coloring your hair or getting a tattoo. It's not hurting anybody else, so go for it.
I love noses, they add SO MUCH character to a face and these women are gorgeous with the various shaped schnozzles!
Ok, there were a handful somewhat unsual shaped ones, but most of these look between totally ordinary and great. God, why are young women so terribly insecure - I was just the same. -_- So much time and energy wasted
I have a big ol nose, even my husband says I look like the wicked witch of the west.
Titts and ass. And noses and wrinkles. And the wrong color hair. And waist size. All those women are fine. Why not compete on skills, compassion, ethics, loyalty and IQ?????
I admire these women and their confidence. They’re all beautiful and they don’t deserve any of the hate or bullying for something they have no control over. I wish I had even just half of their confidence growing up. I wish I was stronger and wasn’t so sensitive. I’m happy for them.
The posted noses are patrician (of royal lineage), therefore are to be adored. As someone opined long ago 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
Really stupid of those girls who have rather large noses to wear a nose ring that draws attention to it! Lose the nose ring and live with what came with your face!
Yep. Straight on I look like any white chick, but my profile shows my Choctaw ancestry! Plastic surgery noses all look exactly the same, boooring!
You see "normal" noses everywhere that have had surgery. You just don't know it.
Load More Replies...There's nothing wrong with having a big human horn. All the better to rub together when kissing.
Men are too. It's just makes people think they're weak or vain if they complain about their looks.
Load More Replies...Make one, it could be a positive action, instead of just being 'what about men?'
Load More Replies...There is seriously nothing wrong with any of these noses! Why are people hating on perfectly normal nose?🤷♀️
I had a giant nose that dwarfed my face - was teased pretty much daily through school, by strangers, etc. I would have traded noses/faces with 99% of these posters, trust me. I had it modified and the angst of my profile vanished and I was so much happier. The meanness of strangers could have made me a mean and angry person but I feel it made me more empathetic to others. My husband (who met and fell in love with me pre-nose job) thinks I am kind and caring and a defender of those less visually blessed. My kids all have my big nose gene but their other features are balancing it out and I have raised them with confidence and acceptance. But I will never deny people their feelings about their own appearance. It can be a really rough road if you're self-conscious to a high degree.
Firstly, I was in love with a beautiful woman with an 'odd' shape nose; it was a feature that particularly enamoured me. Secondly, only get rhinoplasty if you need to correct your nose if it is causing medical problems (I did when, in an unprovoked attack, someone kicked my head in and broke my nose).
👍 totally agree with you. Especially when you see all these noses undergoing surgery that no longer have any personality, what sadness. (my nose has been broken for a few years and I don't want to end up with a "generic" nose)
Load More Replies...I have a ¨Jewish¨ nose (yes I am Jewish), a tooth gap, differently shaped eyes, one is larger and raised higher than the rest, and REALLY frizzy hair. I felt ugly all my life. I was called a witch for the shape of my nose. Many of my friends were the beautiful, popular ones, and I couldn´t believe they would want to be my friend. They told me that to them, my appearance didn´t matter, that I was beautiful outside and inside, that I was one of the best people they knew, and that they were proud to be my friend, even if I didn´t believe all that. Sorry, I know this doesn´t really belong here, I had to vent. The teasing is starting up again, only this time its worse cuz im in high school.
Madonna had a large nose, gap teeth and frizzy hair. And she was always considered beautiful. Those features aren’t what make a person look good or bad, and if you look bad and have those features, you shouldn’t blame it on those features.
Load More Replies...If you can, love it. Much respect for the women who do that. I couldnt, i didnt want to anymore, i searched, safed and payed a lot for the best surgeon in town and am now super happy with my "new" nose. What ever you do, dont let others decide for you.
Well said. Make sure it's your own decision and not the pressure from other people.
Load More Replies...You should all just be happy to have a nose that functions properly. My deviated septum makes me miserable at times.I can't sleep facing my right side or my nose blocks, the flu is absolutely horrible for me, I breath with my mouth 60% of the time and I always have a tissue in my hand!
My ex-husband always said I had a potato nose... Note, ex-husband... And I would rather have a potato nose than a potato head like him 😆
I simply don't see any "before" photos. I see beautiful, noble and unique profiles of these faces. If these noses were changed, the entire aesthetic and voice would change as well. That would be a loss.
I bought a new one. And it's FABULOUS. If I had it to do again, I would have done it 15 years earlier.
Beautiful women here! I think women who love their nose are right. But women who go for plastic surgery are also right, It´s their choice! As long they don´t get obsessed...
Well said! Like I said in an above comment. I got my nose changed because of bullying all of my life for it. Bullying even into adulthood. I hated my myself. I hated my appearance. Some days I would look in the mirror and cry and not want to leave the house I felt hideous and thought of all the comments over the years people made about my nose. I saved up for years to afford it and it was the best decision I made. And anyone who tries to say otherwise has never gone through life being relentlessly bullied and teased over and over again for something they cannot change or hide. Something that makes you hate yourself.
Load More Replies...I have a large nose but I like it because I was always told growing up that it looks like my great grandfather's nose, which it does! I have the exact same nose as my great grandfather.
It's funny. I remember when the star of dirty dancing, a gorgeous woman called Jennifer Grey, had a nose job, and suddenly she was a generic pretty face. Character and beauty comes from such distinction as her nose brought. I love this gallery, mainly because I have a characterless, dead straight nose, that doesn't have any distinction at all :)
For me, there was an ad for 'tightening your jawline" right next to the text at the top of the article..... sigh......
My 71 y.o. Adonis husband has very prominent ears. His Mother used to pull him by the ears and sigh and say “just where did THESE come from?” The teasing was from other children was terrible. Finally, the rest of his head caught up to them big they are still “larger” by made-up arbitrarily set, male beauty king standards. Doesn’t seem to stop women from throwing themselves at him though! 😏
When I was younger I'd have thought those noses were "not right" , just as mine wasn't. Mine is not huge but biggish with a definite bump near the top which was given to me by my baby brother when he sort of punched it when I was about seven and he was four. It wasn't a violent thing, just a game and he had no idea it would hurt me and reshape my nose! Now those noses seem just normal to me because I like mine now, even love it sometimes. It helps that I'm not called beaky, etc anymore. Believe me all of those women will have been mocked at some point but the funny thing is the more you love your nose and all your features, the less people mock you.
I didn't see a single nose that was ugly. I thought there would be some wicked witch of the west noses here. These versions only add attractiveness.
I was the only one who paid any attention to my nose. I was 'blessed' with the Mexican nose my Great-Grandfather was so proud of. I wasn't ugly. I wasn't deformed. That nose caused me great amounts of anxiety, to the point that I was afraid to go anywhere in public alone. Cosmetic surgery is just like coloring your hair or getting a tattoo. It's not hurting anybody else, so go for it.
I love noses, they add SO MUCH character to a face and these women are gorgeous with the various shaped schnozzles!
Ok, there were a handful somewhat unsual shaped ones, but most of these look between totally ordinary and great. God, why are young women so terribly insecure - I was just the same. -_- So much time and energy wasted
I have a big ol nose, even my husband says I look like the wicked witch of the west.
Titts and ass. And noses and wrinkles. And the wrong color hair. And waist size. All those women are fine. Why not compete on skills, compassion, ethics, loyalty and IQ?????
I admire these women and their confidence. They’re all beautiful and they don’t deserve any of the hate or bullying for something they have no control over. I wish I had even just half of their confidence growing up. I wish I was stronger and wasn’t so sensitive. I’m happy for them.
The posted noses are patrician (of royal lineage), therefore are to be adored. As someone opined long ago 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
Really stupid of those girls who have rather large noses to wear a nose ring that draws attention to it! Lose the nose ring and live with what came with your face!
Yep. Straight on I look like any white chick, but my profile shows my Choctaw ancestry! Plastic surgery noses all look exactly the same, boooring!
You see "normal" noses everywhere that have had surgery. You just don't know it.
Load More Replies...There's nothing wrong with having a big human horn. All the better to rub together when kissing.
Men are too. It's just makes people think they're weak or vain if they complain about their looks.
Load More Replies...Make one, it could be a positive action, instead of just being 'what about men?'
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