# Bigger nose after sleep **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 30, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768 "2006-08-30T07:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EverLearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EverLearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EverLearner)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/1 "2006-08-30T07:59:33Z")
Every time I wake up I notice that my nose has become bigger and my eyes seem to be popping out. Anyone can notice the change and tell that I have just woke up. How do I avoid this bigger-nose state? And how do get my nose back to its normal size? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/2 "2006-08-30T08:47:41Z")
I think you are telling porkies. ---
**Author:** ![EverLearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EverLearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EverLearner)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/3 "2006-08-30T09:05:11Z")
Another question: what does “telling porkies” mean? ---
**Author:** ![What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_s_That_Smell)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/4 "2006-08-30T09:13:27Z")
> [@EverLearner](#): > > Another question: > what does “telling porkies” mean? Telling Porkie Pies = Lies ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/5 "2006-08-30T09:17:32Z")
Porky Pies = lies (Cockney Rhyming Slang). I think \*\*Chez Guevara [/quote] Is comparing you to Pinocchio. Anyway… blood and body fluids tend to pool in the lowest parts of your body, under the influence of gravity, and this is not entirely overcome by the effect of your circulatory systems; when you’re lying down, the fluids tend to get more evenly distributed than they are when you’re standing. More fluid in a body part means it will swell a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/6 "2006-08-30T09:46:47Z")
Get a bigger pillow, sleep on your back, …? ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/7 "2006-08-30T10:19:39Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Porky Pies = lies (Cockney Rhyming Slang). I think \*\*Chez Guevara Is comparing you to Pinocchio. Anyway… blood and body fluids tend to pool in the lowest parts of your body, under the influence of gravity, and this is not entirely overcome by the effect of your circulatory systems; when you’re lying down, the fluids tend to get more evenly distributed than they are when you’re standing. More fluid in a body part means it will swell a bit. [/QUOTE] ahh that explains why something else is often much bigger in the morning 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/8 "2006-08-30T19:04:56Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Porky Pies = lies (Cockney Rhyming Slang). I think \*\*Chez Guevara Is comparing you to Pinocchio. Anyway… blood and body fluids tend to pool in the lowest parts of your body, under the influence of gravity, and this is not entirely overcome by the effect of your circulatory systems; when you’re lying down, the fluids tend to get more evenly distributed than they are when you’re standing. More fluid in a body part means it will swell a bit. [/QUOTE] Another suggestion. Raise the headboard of the bed 3" or so. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-nose-after-sleep/370768/9 "2006-08-30T23:51:01Z")
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