That coarse, sometimes embarrassing hair growing in your nostrils might seem like nothing more than a grooming nuisance, but medical experts now recognize it plays a vital role in protecting not just ...

When people think of rhinoplasty –– plastic surgery for the nose –– they often think of it as a cosmetic procedure. But many patients undergo rhinoplasty for medical reasons, including to help them ...

Nasal plastic surgery appears to improve nasal airway function in patients with severe nasal obstructions, according to a report in the September/October issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, ...

A new computer simulation of domestic cats’ noses suggests that the convoluted nasal structures involved in their sense of smell function similarly to parallel coiled gas chromatographs—laboratory ...

That persistent dry feeling in your nose might seem like just another minor annoyance in your day, something you dismiss with a quick swipe of a tissue. But what if that seemingly innocent dryness is ...

The American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Foundation addresses the limited literature and availability of multi-disciplinary clinical practice guidelines accessible to clinicians ...

WASHINGTON — Eugene Passer had never heard of the turbinates, a set of tissues that lie in the nasal cavity. Then a doctor removed much of them, he says, and life became a mess. A New York college ...