Can a Septoplasty Straighten a Broken Nose?

I would certainly recommend you see a board certified facial plastic surgeon or a plastic surgeon with experience in rhinoplasty surgery. That being said for females, it is best to wait until you are about 15 years of age and your nose has stopped growing. However, it may be that you only need a limited surgery to file down a bump and straighten your nose. Most reputable surgeons would want you to be closer to 15. I hope this information helps.

Septoplasty alone would not straighten the crocked nose, or remove a nasal hump. You probably need a full septorhinoplasty. Cosult a BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON

A nose repair critically depends on what components of the nose need to be addressed. If the tip of the nose is not in the mid line, the odds are that the septum is deviated. In such a case, that being the only anomaly, a straightening procedure of the septum, would bring the tip to the mid line. A "bump" in the nose could be involve one or several cartilages and / the nasal bones. Smoothing the bump may be as easy as shaving it down or as complicated as having to correct a... more