I think that glasses is the reason for my small dorsal hump, it's not big, you can't notice it unless you're looking for it. Will the hump go away, it could be because i think that the glasses had put too much pressure on the sides of the nose
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I do not use steroid injections. The nose
can be swollen for up to a year or more. Swelling will depend upon the
nature of maneuvers employed, presence of grafts or implants, thickness
of skin, open vs closed, revision vs primary, etc. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
If the nose looks displaced with a bump or off-center and looks different than before the accident, it is likely fractured. X-rays amy miss it, and cartilage fractures do not project on x-rays too well if at all.
It is certainly acceptable to undergo rhinoplasty for a broken nose that occurred many years ago. To straighten a curved nose, medial and lateral osteotomies must be performed. In many instances a cartilage spreader graft will be inserted underneath the upper lateral cartilage on the concave...
