Dermatologist Shereene Idriss explains how Accutane shrinks oil glands, which can make an oily or puffy nose look slimmer. She sometimes prescribes it after rhinoplasty to cut down post-surgery oiliness.
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I genuinely think that I got a nose job in my sleep. Look at my nose like granted, I didn't know how to use. Does Accutane shrink your nose? Yeah, kind of. Tick tock. Got it right with this one. I am a board certified dermatologist and Accutane basically shrinks your oil glands. So if you are somebody like she was who had a lot of oil on her nose, your nose can appear slightly wider and thicker and fuller. When your oil glands are just hyped up by taking Accutane, it will slim it down. And in fact, I oftentimes prescribe Accutane for my patients who've had nose jobs, I. E. Nose surgery, I. E. Rhinoplasty to help them in the post op period when their nose is super oily and healing to allow it to slim down faster. Any nose questions? Accutane questions? Any questions? Leave them below.