Rhinoplasty: Q&A
Ask a QuestionIs It Normal for Your Nose to Grow at a Really Fast Rate as a Teenager?
My nose is growing really fast. When I started secondary school (age 11) I had a normal sized nose with an ordanary shape. My nose started getting bigger and by the end of year 10 I had a huge nose and everyone always picked up on it but it was still a "normal shape" and was slightly curved in but now (half way through year 11, age 15) I have a large ridge on top. Is it normal for your nose to grow that fast and change that much in 6 months?
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Jane_Doe
in Manchester
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Nose Growth and Rhinoplasty
It is very common to go through growth spurts. So long as you wait until at least 15.5 or 16 years old, then you will avoid interrupting the nasal and facial growth centers deep internal in the nose. Do not rush this and evaluate many surgeons. Good luck to you.
Dr Ghavami
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Nose Growth as Teenager
Rhinoplasty is not one operation, but many potential operations. Every patient is unique. Reducing the hump from a nose is the most common request for cosmetic nasal surgery. Humps are usually made up of both cartilage and bone, and come in various sizes and shapes. Reducing small humps is a relatively easier procedure, as compared to more extensive rhinoplasty surgery. Large bumps will require bone reshaping/breaking after the hump is removed.
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Nose Growth
The difference between a pre-teen nose and a teenage nose is sometimes very drastic. The nose goes through mant aesthetic and even functional changes during puberty years. Think about how many young people you have seen with big noses and or bumps on their noses and I'll bet it is very few. Yet you see many adults with large noses and big humps. So obviously these changes can happen fast as you change during the years you have pointed out.
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Growth of nose
It is very normal for the nose to grow rapidly during puberty. The growth should complete by the age of 16 or 17, younger for women
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Normal Nasal Growth as a Teenager
It is possible for a nose to grow rapidly during puberty. That is why we wait for a young person to be physically mature before doing a rhinoplasty, which is usually 15 or 16 for a lady. I am assuming that the rest of your physical growth has been normal.
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Nose grows fastest in the preteens
You have made a very good observation, and the characteristic look of the pre and early teens is a nose large for the face. The preteen look is all lips and nose, and then the facial growth will gradually catch up. Friends may poke fun, but all are in the same boat at this stage of growth. Rhinoplasty becomes an option at age 16 or later when facial balance is better and the nose slows down.
Best of luck, Peter Johnson, MD
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Nose will grow through the years.
It is completely normal to see changes and growth in your nose and face just like the rest of your body with puberty. The nose and facial structures will grow at different times and this is why we all have that very bad picture in a yearbook from these growth stages. The nose continues to grow at a very slow rate throughout your life and most of the growth patterns you are experiencing now should settle down and even out around the age of eighteen for most young adults. Many rhinoplasty...
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Noses grow throughout life.
Thank you for your question.
Puberty is a big game changer. Faces noses breasts and other things... Can grow rapidly. You're completely normal. The reason features tend to balance out is that not only does your nose grow but so to other parts of your facial skeleton.
While there can be dramatic changes during puberty tissues in our body with cartilage such and the ears and the nose tend to continue to slowly grow throughout life. That is why you see older...
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Fast growing nose
Yes, it is completely normal for your nose to grow quickly. As you go through puberty your face will change dramatically. First the middle part of your face, including your nose will grow. Lastly your lower face, your jaw, will grow. This might not finish until age 18. That is why we usually don't perform rhinoplasty on males till 17 or 18 when we have a better idea of the facial proportions. Hang in there, it will get better as the rest of your face 'grows into itself".
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