I found it so odd, I looked it up. I studied painting during my college years and I remembered a painting of an old man with a big huge nose. I found this.
http://theconversation.com/why-do-some-old-men-have-big-red-noses-no-its-not-alcohol-53886
Many people will have seen a middle-aged or elderly man with an abnormally big red nose, whether it’s in real life or in classical paintings. Most think of it as synonymous with alcoholism, however it’s a real condition not caused by alcohol.
It’s caused by a common skin condition called rosacea. If the rosacea is not properly treated or controlled, within a few years the nose can grow and become bulbous. This is the condition rhinophyma.
Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that causes a red rash on the face. In rhinophyma, inflammation from rosacea and sometimes pressure from glasses pushing heavily on the bridge of the nose can cause proteins in the skin to stagnate and water to accumulate between the cells of the skin. This excess of fluid in the skin (lymph) is called lymphoedema.
Rhinophyma causes the skin to thicken and appear bulbous and swollen. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
This protein-rich fluid causes further inflammation in the skin that transforms the initially soft swollen tissue into a harder tissue with stiffer, thicker skin in cases that have progressed for a long time. The sebaceous glands (which produce oil in the skin) dilate greatly, which is why the pores on the nose appear so large. If squeezed the pores will leak a white paste full of dead skin.
The nose appears deformed, with thickening and bulbous lumps distorting the shape. The surface is often red and has more obvious blood vessels. The skin often looks like orange peel because of the enlarged pores. The process affects mainly the lower two-thirds of the nose.
We’re not certain about why it mostly affects men, but think likely causes include that they are more likely to work outside, and less likely to seek treatment for rosacea.
One of my high school teachers had been a Pennsylvania coal miner for the first part of his working life. His nose was not quite that misshapen, but it was large, red and the pores were embedded with coal dust.