A Scottish grandfather, who was left unable to kiss his wife for years due to his continuously growing nose has had a remarkable transformation.

Gerard McAliece, 68, was 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 so much that it was hanging down over his mouth and covering a large part of his face, reports The Daily Record.

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

He said: “It just kept growing and growing and, as much as possible, I tried to ignore it. People began to stare and some would turn away

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