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I started developing a dorsal hump when i turned 13, I am 15 now. Why did I grow a dorsal hump?

mehhhMay 7, 2014
I never had it when I was a kid. It started to grow when I was around 13 and has become massive in the last 2 years. When I look at old pictures I never had it. I never broke my nose, but over the course of these two years I developed some habits with my nose. I would "crack" it. I pushed the tip right and left and i would also push the little bones in between my nostrils inwards on a upwards angle and also just push and do some other weird stuff to my nose. No one else in my family has it.

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