What to do if your baby's nose collapses

Many parents think that their children have particularly flat noses. They believe that this will have an adverse effect on their children's image when they grow up because they do not have a straight nose. Therefore, they want to fully understand what to do if their baby's nose is flat. The following content gives parents a detailed introduction. If you want to have a comprehensive understanding, you can further read the introduction below.

What should I do if my baby has a flat nose? Babies gain weight fastest in the early stages of their lives, and what we see is a full-moon face. At this stage, the characteristics of a collapsed nose and wide distance between the eyes are very obvious. After the baby's anterior fontanelle closes at the age of 1 to 1.5 years, the facial and nasal bones begin to grow and develop rapidly, and the bridge of the nose slowly grows out. The changes in the nasal bones will continue to develop until puberty when they become mature. Liu Haiyan, chief pediatrician at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, said that the height of the nose bridge is determined by genetic factors, development speed, early nutrition, nasal trauma and other factors. There is currently no definite scientific evidence to prove that frequently pinching the nose bone can make the nose straighter. Pinching the nose bridge for the baby is just the psychological factors of adults and has no practical effect.

Experts also said that if you use improper force when pinching your baby's nose bridge, it can easily damage the child's nasal mucosa. The bridge of a child's nose is made of cartilage tissue, and the nasal mucosa is delicate and rich in blood vessels. Pinching a child's nose frequently, especially with excessive or inappropriate force, is likely to damage the nasal mucosa and blood vessels. Therefore, children’s noses should not be pinched casually. In addition, children's Eustachian tubes are thicker, shorter, and straighter. Pinching the nose randomly can cause secretions in the nasal cavity to retrograde through the Eustachian tube into the middle ear, causing otitis media.

What should I do if my baby has a flat nose? I believe that through the above introduction, you have a better understanding. A baby's flat nose is a normal phenomenon. When the baby is very young, the bridge of the nose has not yet developed. So at this time we will see that every baby has a relatively flat nose. This situation will be greatly improved as the child grows up.