I Crack the Cartilage in my Nose As a Habit and Have Since Puberty Could This Have Made my Nose Pointier As the Years Passed?

Thank you for these questions. The nose typically has some soft tissue swelling after a rhinoplasty and a small residual amount that may take a year to resolve. This amount is usually quite small. Skin may tighten depending on technique used and intrinsic skin quality. Be patient and ask your...

Swelling after rhinoplasty can create the appearance of asymmetry and irregularities. In general, 70% of the swelling is resolved after the first 3 months and the remainder goes down over time. It can take 18-24 months for the final result to be evident. Sunglasses should be avoided for at least...

Reducing the size of the nose is a common rhinoplasty request, usually at the bridge, tip, or both. Deprojecting the nasal tip because one may feel it's relatively too far out from the face can be achieved through a variety of techniques. Open or closed rhinoplasty may be able to achieve your...

It Appears that you do have depression in the valve area which can be corrected with cartilage grafts to that area. However it is too soon to say since it takes 6-12 months for the swelling to go down. 

      Rhinoplasty should be performed when skeletal growth is complete.  In general, most females will have completed growth by 16.  However, some girls have completed growth by 15.  This may be appropriate if you have remained the same height for a year...

             A nonsurgical approach will not be a great option for the goals you are trying to achieve.  Your tip can be made smaller and refined through a closed rhinoplasty approach.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE...