Its really difficult to comment on this without photos. In general any type of rasping of the nasal dorsum can be uncomfortable without adequate local anesthesia. I could see this being done for a slight amount of post-traumatic or post-surgical scar tissue. Without more history or photographs...
Photos would be helpful to assess. However it is feasible to still have some bruising or hematomas in this post operative period.one nice modality of treatment is PDL. Pulsed dye laser. It is not very painful and may speed the process along