Welcome Firestarter. (OK, you REALLY have to tell us the story of your clown name!)
All I can tell you is that I've been wearing a ProKnows glued on for 10 years and never had that happen. The few times I've had someone reach out to try it, I've always been quick enough to back out of it, or grab the arm to stop it from happening.
I think you may be more worried about it than you need to be. You've been wearing a squeeky nose, so kids naturally want to grab that and squeek it themselves. With a non-squeeky nose its a little different. But some will still want to touch.
One thing you'll note with little kids is that when they're interested in/fascinated by your nose, its usually really obvious. You can even invite them to touch, with the promise that they only touch with one finger. I do this all the time.
Now here's the trick: When they reach out to touch, just hold their hand gently, in both of yours, ensuring only the pointing finger can get at your nose. (Imagine cupping a dove gently in your hands with only the head sticking out...cup their hand the same way except its their finger sticking out.) That way you also have control over how hard they press.
It's only natural that a little kid would want to touch your nose. Part of their development is touching things that are foreign to them. I don't like to discourage their curiosity too much. Plus, once they've touched it, the curiosity is over, and they're usually then willing to have their focus led somewhere else.
An aside...sorta funny. I was at the end of my day one day, and stopped at the drive thru for a coffee. (most of the staff at this place know me) The girl that took the order was new, a 30+ year old that hadn't seen me before. When I drove up to the window, she opened it up, gasped, and just blurted out "can I touch your nose?" So I let her. She reached right in the car and just gave it a gentle poke, giggled, and said "I've always wanted to do that" and gave me my coffee.
Go figure.
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