or beyond the tip of the nose and then applying the other end portion to the bridge of the nose application_number US 81240497 A description nose structure is shown in fig1 14 and 15 reference numeral 10 generally indicates a nose nose 10 includes a tip 12 and a bridge 14 it is preferred that one end portion of the present nose foreshortener described below is placed on or beyond the tip 10 of the nose and the other end portion of the nose foreshortener is placed above the tip such as on the bridge 14 of the nose or if desired one end portion may be placed on skin tissue immediately on the alar cartilage 22 and the other end portion may be placed on skin tissue immediately on the lateral nasal cartilage 24 or immediately on the nasal septum cartilage 26 the bridge 14 of the nose 10 may generally be defined for the purposes of the present invention as running the length of the lateral nasal cartilage 24 the nose 10 further includes fibro fatty tissue 28 the nose foreshortener at least shortens or compresses the alar cartilage 12 the nose foreshortener may further compress the lateral nasal cartilage 24 the nasal septum cartilage 26 and the fibro fatty tissue 28 when one or more of such cartilage is compressed the nasal passages dilate more specifically one or more of the left wall 30 right wall 32 floor 34 or roof.