How much of your nose can you see? This is my POV

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I wonder if there's anyone out there who can't see their nose at all?

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Are your eyes at the same level as the bottom of your nose? Are you Stevie from family guy?

I can absolutely see the same as what you see there. The brain's pretty good at blocking stuff out like that in general. Between my nose and my glasses frames, it's amazing how I mostly go through the day ignoring impeded vision.

My wife has a notably tiny nose, like can't wear sunglasses without the pads that stick out or they fall off, and she can still see some of the bottom of her nose. So someone seeing nothing at all would have an incredibly small nose.

My nose blocks the lower third of your picture. It’s amazing how our brains just ignore it isn’t it.

If I look straight ahead, I don't see any part of my nose. I don't know if that is because it's small enough that it does not cross my vision, or if I am merely so accustomed to it I can't even actively see it without actually pointing my eyes at it.

Simply put: Your brain has learned to ignore it completely, or nearly completely.

The simplist and probably inaccurate way I can show this: Look to your left and right with both eyes. You might see something of your nose, though it mostly appears invisible. Now close one eye and look in the direction of your nose. You can see it, as you would expect. So it's there and quite in the way.

Look over your nose, not down at the floor

I don't really understand the image you shared, but I would imagine that people with flatter noses might see them less than those of us with pointier noses.

Close your left eye and notice your nose in relation to your bedroom. Now close your right and do the same. Now take a picture of your bedroom and draw the two sides of your nose roughly how they looked with each eye closed.

I can barely see it if I look forward. If I look down though it takes up the entire side edge of my vision.