Corey S. Maas, MD

Reducing or smoothing a small nasal hump is a simple procedure that can easily be done via a closed rhinoplasty.  A very small hump will likely be taken care of with simply rasping the bone down.  Any cartilaginous contribution can also be easily removed.  However, the final determination whether nasal bones need to be cut can only be made at surgery because there's always a risk an open roof deformity results after the hump is shaved down.  If this happens, the nasal bones must be cut to mobilize them and then medialize them to close the deformity.