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Sir/mam my query is...my index finger is thick which I use to pour into nose 2-3 times a day for cleaning nose but due to thickness of finger ,the finger is tightly inserted . So pls reply whether tightly inserting thick finger into nose cause " permanent enlargement of nose cartilage or not" ??🙏
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Avoid inserting your finger in the nose
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Dr. (Major) Vipin Kakar Retd
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
36 yrs exp
Delhi
It is a bad habit.Stop it at once.Nothing will happen to nose if you stop it.
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Dr. Bapu Kishanrao Thagnar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
22 yrs exp
Bidar
It does not enlarge, but stop this habit
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Dr. Baisali Sarkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
12 yrs exp
Kolkata
No. It doesn’t enlarge
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Dr. Saiyad Saif Naziruddin
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
9 yrs exp
Raichur
Do not insert the finger🙏
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