想拥有欧美人又高又挺的鼻子，又不想花那么多钱做有风险的隆鼻手术，于是，亚洲的许多爱美女性选择用“美鼻神器”，号称不用手术，一秒隆鼻。这无异于天上掉馅饼的好事。但是却有女性因为使用美鼻器付出了惨痛代价，一位差点被切掉鼻子，一位差点丢了命。来看看是怎么回事吧。

Women in East Asia are putting tiny pegs into their nostrils so their nose could look more European.
为了让自己的鼻子像欧美人那样高挺，东亚国家的女性们居然把小鼻撑塞进了鼻孔。

The beauty trend apparently started from South Korea about two years ago and has spread to Japan, Chinese mainland and Taiwan, where women with a pointier European nose are considered more attractive.
这股美容风潮应该是两年前开始在韩国流行起来的，现在已刮到了日本、中国大陆和台湾，因为这些国家和地区的女性都认为挺拔的欧美鼻子更有魅力。

中日韩女性普遍认为漂亮的鼻子应该是这样的：

美越混血美女Maggie Q和中葡混血美女李嘉欣

有四分之一德国人血统的杨颖（Angelababy）和有四分之一英国人血统的张柏芝

The beauty trend, however, has sparked serious health concerns. In a recent case from China, a woman reportedly swallowed a peg by accident and the small item was later found in her stomach.
但是，这股潮流也引发了严重的健康隐患。据报道，近日中国一位女性不小心吞下了一个美鼻器，后来这个美鼻器在她的胃里找到了。

The non-surgical nose-lifting trend apparently involves a set of tools which are popular on shopping websites in East and South-east Asia.
这种无需手术的鼻子增高产品在东亚和东南亚国家的购物网站上都很受欢迎。

A typical set consists of two small curved pegs, measuring two to three centimetres long, as well as one adjusting hook.
典型的美鼻套装包括两个弯弯的小鼻撑，大概两到三厘米长，还有一个勾状调整器。

The most popular brand seems to come from South Korea, but various other copycat products have cropped up and sell for as little as £1.
最受欢迎的美鼻神器似乎是韩国品牌，但很多其他的山寨产品也遍地开花，价格低至1英镑（合8.7元人民币）。

According to the instructions online, users should first insert the two pegs into their nostrils respectively. The pegs are said to be made with silicone.
根据网上的使用说明，用户应该先把两个鼻撑分别塞进两个鼻孔里。据说这些鼻撑是硅胶做的。

Then they should use the hook to adjust the pegs so they stand in a 45-degree angle inside the nose.
然后用户须用调整器来调整鼻撑的位置，让鼻撑在鼻子里成45度角放置。

美鼻器的使用方法见下图：