I'm 24 year old, never had any procedure, my only problem is a slight hump on the top of my nose, it is small but I hate it. Is there any way it can be only rasped under local anesthesia without breaking my nose and having a big surgery? And as a plastic surgeon do you consider my nose to be nice looking or does it need work done ? And is this bone or cartilage ? I need your advice please
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There are ligaments that extend from the bottom of somebody's nasal bridge to the top of the nasal tip. If these ligaments should get disrupted from trauma or from repetitive stretching, nasal tip droopiness may occur I hope this is helpful. Sincerely, Dr. Joseph
Based on your photos, you appear to have very thin nasal skin and an indentation involving your right tip cartilage. Sometimes nasal tip asymmetries like this may be due to a deviated nasal septum. If you are breathing fine and would want to add volume to your right nasal tip indentation,...
Hey! So you do not want to manipulate your nose too much because your cartilage is influenced by change, they are bendable and flexible and can have issues. Try not to put so much pressure on your nose while doing that. Overtime your cartilage is going to loose their spring/support. It is...