One Jewish boy hated his hooked nose. He considered him huge and ugly. When he expressed his despair to his mother, she exclaimed: “He is beautiful!” Perceptions of beauty are very subjective, and that’s good. Otherwise, all people would be unhappy. The canons of beauty are also different: there is a classical grace of Greek statues, there are Hollywood actors. Each country has its own standards, sometimes reaching curiosities.
If we consider only the shape of the nose, then we should determine what it means to be bent. Sometimes it’s just a lower landing of the nasal septum than the wings of the nose. Such a nose at Paris Hilton. He does not spoil it, but gives piquancy. A nose with a hump in Europe is considered a sign of breed and is called noble - many coins with such a profile are known. What determines the shape of the nose and can it be changed?
Structure
The anatomically hooked nose forms a nasal bone raised too high, or a nasal cartilage too lowered down. In the first case, a hump will be formed. Often, the tip of the nose looks down. If the nose bridge cannot be corrected in any way, then the cartilaginous part is possible, and this is often done with rhinoplasty.
Not always the shape of the nose is given by nature. There are factors that influence the change in the structure of bones and cartilage. This is a transferred rickets, in which a saddle shape of the nose, a tumor and trauma is formed.
In adulthood, tissue lowering (ptosis) begins, softening of the cartilage, sagging nasal septum, the tip drops. That is why Baba Yaga is portrayed with a hooked nose. In his youth, he must have been very forward. Over time, he sank down.
Physiognomy
The idea of the dependence of appearance on character originated in ancient China. But at the time of Conan Doyle it was popular among the European intelligentsia. The author gives his hero, Sherlock Holmes, encyclopedic knowledge. He uses physiognomy to determine nationality.
What does a hooked nose mean in a physiognomist view? There is no definite answer. Here's how the various currents explain it:
- Such a nose has a skeptic who criticizes everything around. At heart, this is a vulnerable nature.
- A creative person has such a nose. He is an inventor and a fanatic of his craft.
- A rich person has such a nose; it means a lot of money. He is smart, every step of it is associated with enrichment. Nose of usurer or jew.
- Such a nose is for a womanizer who knows how to say compliments.
Recent experiments at Princeton University in the United States left no chance for adherents of physiognomy. It was proved that a person draws conclusions about the nature of the interlocutor based on personal experience. Moreover, each has its own idea of a certain averaged image. And the stronger the difference, the more negative the reaction.
Piquant omens
In some countries, there is still an idea of the dependence of the size of male dignity and the shape of the nose. Moreover, many girls at the first meeting with a guy pay attention to this particular detail. The large hooked nose hanging down in men is considered proof of his unprecedented sexuality. Owners of large noses themselves are proud of them and even compare with others.
But what does science say about this? Japanese scientists conducted a study and deduced a formula by which the proportions of some parts of the body can be calculated. It relates shoe size, toe length and weight.
In fact, a gene program is involved in the formation of body parts. She is responsible for similar signs in races and nationalities. Scientists explain this by a long period of being in a closed system of a certain tribe, when there was no influx of new genes or their recessive forms were found.
National feature
Due to the fact that the studied part with a hump is inherited by the dominant gene, hooked noses are found in Jews, Arabs and Caucasian peoples. This structure of the bones of the skull, or rather, the nasal bone, manifests itself in children in a family where one parent has a hooked shape and the other does not.
Jews did not enter into mixed marriages for a long time, preserving religious purity. In addition, each tribe of Israel took care of its interest in preserving the genealogy. Lists were compiled storing data on the origin. Under such conditions, the recessive genes responsible for narrow nostrils and snub nails simply could not remain in the people.
The opinion of experts
Anthropologists have found out which Caucasian ethnicity has small hooked noses. These are kazikumuhtsy, or laks. There are about one hundred thousand people. The average nose is 51 mm. Compared to the largest nose in the world, owned by Turk Mehmed Ozurek, whose size is 88 mm, it’s just shorty.
The secret of the short nose of the lak lies in the Turkic origin. Scientists believe that Mongoloid features are very noticeable in the people. It is a flat nose bridge, a broad face. For a long time, the Laks kept their national features by virtue of tradition, which served as the preservation of a short, often bent down nose. It is noteworthy that in children and young representatives of nationality, the nose of a beautiful shape does not bend down.
Conclusion
Is it necessary to complex people with large facial features? How many operations are performed by surgeons, what forces are spent on maintaining a new form! Cyrano de Bergerac is not recorded in history for his huge nose, but for courage and talent. Smile and your face will become beautiful. Forget about your physical imperfection, develop spiritual qualities.
If a person has a grumpy character and a hooked nose, this is just a coincidence. Do not attach importance to stupid signs, avoiding people with imperfections in appearance. After all, the character in himself brings up the man himself, and not his genes.