Overview

• Gerard McAliece, 68, from Kilmacolm, noticed his nose enlarging over about six years until tissue hung over his mouth.
• The overgrowth left him self-conscious and unable to kiss his wife, affecting family occasions and everyday social life.
• Rhinophyma specialist Dr Cormac Convery led a roughly four-hour reduction and reshaping at Ever Clinic in Glasgow under local anaesthetic.
• Ever Clinic described the operation as among its most advanced rhinophyma cases and reported a strong functional and psychosocial outcome.
• The clinic says it has approached the NHS about support for such cases with little progress, and the reports include no NHS response.