Possible Broken Nose. Will it Look Exactly the Same After it's Fixed?

The changes in your nose after you have broken it depends somewhat on the severity of the break and degree of displacement. If the nose is "reset" after the break, it has a good chance to have a similar look, but not an exact look of what you had before.  In severe breaks, where there are many pieces of broken bone, the nose often looks different after repair of the broken bones.  It is also possible that a secondary surgery is needed to reshape your nose if there is a significant deformity once it heals.  Such a surgery would not be undertaken until one year after injury. RB

The word "exactly" is not reality when it comes to expectations for virtually anything regarding the human body. Your nose would not look exactly the same in another twenty years even if it weren't broken. Cartilage in the nose, ears, ribs continues to grow with age. To be more direct, you will have to wait to see. If I were a plastic surgeon, I would not promise anything broken would be exactly the same after being fixed. However, your plastic surgeon will tell you the limitations of the fracture reduction, if it is indeed fractured. Deviated noses are very difficult to completely straighten. Actually, many noses that I see that have been broken look better than they ever did before, but they are not exactly the same.

Good luck, and I hope it isn't broken.