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A Scots grandfather, who was unable to kiss his wife for years due to his nose continuously growing to as far as below his mouth, has had a remarkable transformation. ‌

Gerard McAliece, 68, had been suffering from one of the worst cases of Rhinophyma – a disfiguring condition in which the nose swells and grows – that his medical team had ever seen. ‌

The tissue on his nose had expanded to such an extent that it was hanging down over his mouth and covering a large part of his face. ‌

The Greenock-born granddad, who now stays in Kilmalcolm in Renfrewshire, first noticed his nose changing about six years ago and initially accepted it as “just another part of life”.

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He said: “It just kept growing and growing and, as much as possible, I tried to i

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