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Indented nasal bone - what can I do to fix this and smooth it out? (Photo)

Bright1115Aug 17, 2022
I broke nose bone from a knee coming from the side, it shifted my nasal bone to one side and the doctor in a&e pushed it back to the middle, but I can feel a long indented crack running down on my nasal bone, what can I do to fix this and smooth it out

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Dr. David M. Kowalczyk, MD, MBA, FACS
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Answered on Aug 18, 2022
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