Is There Anything, Apart From A Taste For Strong Drink, That Might Cause A Man Of Middle Years...

[sandyRoe]

...to develop a bulbous red nose?

[Tilly2]

Someone smacking him on it!

[Tilly2]

.....or a Liverpool Kiss.

[ubasses]

Rosacea.

[Tilly2]

oh, sorry. I have just noticed that this is not in CB. I do apologise.

Rosacea.

[sandyRoe]

No need for that, Tilly. It's just I saw a local politician on TV last night and he'd changed since he was last on.

[retrocop]

If he was politician I don't suppose he answered to the name of Coco MP?

[hc4361]

Boozing doesn't cause it, but heavy drinking can aggravate rhinophyma if you already have rosacea.

[Buenchico]

If the Daily Wail is to be trusted . . .

"Patients are telling doctors that the negative connotations associated with a red nose often means they are being overlooked for promotion because others assume they’re fond of a drink or two and therefore unreliable.

However, although alcohol can increase the chances of thread veins, experts say they can also be caused by too much sun, smoking, or by rosacea, a skin condition which causes a red nose and face."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2286508/Soaring-numbers-men-drinkers-nose-unsightly-thread-veins-removed-stop-looking-like-heavy-boozers.html