Will pinching a newborn's nose make it straighter? Be careful of these diseases

When newborns are born, their facial features are all squeezed together and have no shape at all. Many parents have heard that since the baby's facial features have not yet taken shape, pinching the nose frequently can help the development of the nose bridge and make it straighter and straighter. Is this statement correct? Is there any scientific basis for this?

Gene decoding experts said that pinching and clipping to make the nose bridge higher is basically ineffective. If you want to make the nose bridge higher, you can only do plastic surgery. In fact, in infancy, the baby's nose bridge is very flat. When the baby's anterior fontanelle closes at 1 to 1.5 years old, the facial bones and nasal bones begin to grow and develop rapidly, and the nose bridge slowly grows out. The changes in the nasal bones will continue to develop until puberty, when they will gradually mature. This is also the reason why we often say "girls change a lot when they grow up". Generally, our faces will not be completely fixed until puberty.

1. Induce otitis media

Pinching your baby's nose frequently can easily cause the mucus in the nasal cavity to be squeezed into the baby's ears, thereby inducing otitis media in the baby.

2. Affects baby's eye development

Parents who often pinch their baby's nose will make the baby subconsciously look at your hands. Over time, the baby will easily develop bad habits of crossing their eyes or scratching their eyes.

3. Damage to nasal mucosa

Pinching a baby's nose can easily affect the baby's normal breathing. If improper force is used, it may damage the baby's nasal mucosa and cause nose injury.

Experts say that there is a thin tube called the pharyngeal canal between the human nasal cavity and the ear chamber. The canal is located between the ear membrane and the inner and outer ear side walls. When the mucous membrane of the canal becomes inflamed due to bacterial infection, it is otitis media. The nasal cavity of infants and young children is shorter than that of adults, they have no nasal hair, the posterior nasal passage is narrow, and they are rich in blood vessels. If you often pinch your child's nose, it will affect the child's breathing, damage the mucous membrane and blood vessels, and cause an inflammatory reaction, which makes it easy for bacteria and viruses to invade, leading to the occurrence of the disease.

Apples and pomegranates: Apples contain a variety of nutrients needed by the human body, including rich calcium and malic acid. These nutrients can not only meet the nutritional needs of the child's development, but also supplement the calcium needs of the child's bone development in the mother's body. Therefore, pregnant mothers can eat more apples to provide more calcium for the child, making the child's nose taller and straighter; pomegranates contain a large amount of organic acids, sugars, proteins, various vitamins and other minerals. Pomegranates can not only supplement calcium for the baby, but also promote the child's absorption of calcium, which can make the child's nose straighter and taller.