Can glasses cause dorsal hump?

Question

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

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

Dorsal humps usually do not go away on their own, and you will need a short outpatient procedure to address this.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds  
of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year.  Then look at the 
 plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a   
sense of who can deliver the results. 	Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Michael I. Echavez, MD · Answer

Glasses sometimes can cause a temporary indentation of the skin on the sides of the nose, but a dorsal hump is normally an issue of bone.  Wearing glasses would not normally affect the bone and thus, not cause a dorsal hump.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

Glasses can push on the soft tissue but they donot cause the bone to form a hump. To remove a hump, rhinoplasty would be necessary.

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