Breaking Nasal Bones to Reduce the bump

Tanveer Janjua, MD answers: Break nasal bone to fix nose bridge bump?

I have a small bump on the bridge of my nose, which is more visible from one side. Will the nasal bone need to be broken in order to fix this?

Tanveer Janjua, MD
8 months ago
By Tanveer Janjua, MD - Bedminster Facial Plastic Surgeon

Yes,

Majority of the times a nasal bump (dorsal hump) is reduced by shaving off the cartilage part and then breaking (chiselling away) the bony part. After this step the top (dorsum) looks a bit flat. To make it look narrow like normal, the side bones are broken and pushed towards midline to achieve the narrow look.

Only exception is when the dorsal hump is purely bony and very small. In those cases just sanding down (rasping) the hump might fix the problem.

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