what should I see if I look up my nose?

Factual Questions
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I wonder if I’ll get an award for the stupidest question asked in GQ this year.
Background: At age 5 or so, my father took me to the doctor because I had trouble breathing through my nose when I laid down. The doctor looked up my nose and said I had a growth up there that was probably blocking my nose.

For some reason that I do not understand, my father then took me home and nothing more was ever said about it.

The other day, suffering from yet another sinus infection, I looked up my nose in the mirror. I can’t tell if what I’m seeing is an abnormal something or a normal something and, strangely enough, no one I know, including my husband, will let me look up their noses! :smiley:

And I can’t seem to find a picture online of what a normal nose looks like if a very strange person were to look up it. I was mildly surprised that there wasn’t a fetishist site or something.

Soooo, what should I see if I stand at a mirror, tilt my head back, and look up my nose?

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If you can’t see up one side the same as you do the other side, this may be a clue. Basically you should be able to see two black holes beyond where the light lets you see. If not there may be a problem.

This may be considered a thread where you should have given a TMI warning, but hey it didn’t bother me. :wink:

3

Oh and I forgot! You can look up my nose any day, just as long as your husband doesn’t object. :stuck_out_tongue:

4

I know that people can get turned on by just about anything. And yes, there are people who find noses sexy.

But the inside???

5

I looked up the nose of my daughter yesterday and saw a finger. I had to tell her to ‘get your finger out of your nose!’. :slight_smile:

Seriously though, when I look up mine I can see to the back where it’s just blackness.

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Looking up Doper’s noses might find you some wedding rings.

7

Excelllleeent! :smiley:

He’s still freaked out by the request and covers his nose when I come in the room. As if I’d do clandestine up-nose-peeking. Humpff.

As for the fetishists, well, I’ve learned a lot about human sexuality in its many forms since I got the internet. :smiley:

As for my nose, there’s definitely an issue. Otolaryngologist, here I come.

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Here are some images of nasal polyps, as well as some general up-the-nose shots.

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This is really ENT doctor territory. To get far enough inside the nasal passages to be able to see anything is fairly delicate territory, and requires speciaized equipment.