Is it possible to get your dorsal hump shaved without breaking the nose if the bump is very slight? (Photos)

It is uncommon to perform a rhinoplasty removing the bump and not breaking the nose.  If the surgeon tries there will most likely be a suboptimal result. I tell patients that the breaking of the bones is quite routine and worth the extra bruising that may occur fir a week or two.

Yes, theoretically, if the bump is slight, then you can shave it down and do nothing else. But here are some of the thousand problems you can get into:The frontal view shows that your bones sit in somewhat of a wide position, so we would want to narrow the bones. Shaving the bump would make the nose look wider yet, and make it more important to narrow the bones. But you can't just "shave" them from the sides. The bones are only 1mm thick, so to narrow them you have to move them, not shave them. Shaving them doesn't work.Then, lowering the bump actually tends to make the nose *look* longer, as if the tip had drooped, and that second photo makes it look as though elevating your tip a bit would look nice. Just working on the bump would make your nose look longer, not shorter.Then, lessening the prominence of the bump would also tend to make the tip look wider where it sits next to the now-less-prominent bump.See? You really should have a real rhinoplasty, or leave it alone. I can also tell you that narrowing the bones, "breaking" the nose, is a nothing. In expert hands, it doesn't increase the bruising or bleeding or swelling or recovery time, and in an operation that takes (me) about four hours, that part of the operation is just a minute or two, so it's not something to fear.
How *much* to elevate the tip, or lower the bump, or make other changes to the nose? We figure that out with morphs, well before surgery. I'd love for you to see some excellent professionally-designed morphs of what could possibly be done with your nose. Morphs could also help you identify what's bothering you, and help you set a goal for the rhinoplasty that's accurate for your tastes. Profile and three-quarter views would be particularly important in morphing your nose. (Side note: in my opinion, morphs should always be done by the surgeon, or he should direct an assistant as she makes the morphs. Morphs should be made with a constant eye to what actually *can* be done in surgery, for that particular nose, and only the surgeon has that information and judgment. Another aside: I also recommend that you not show morphs made by one surgeon to a different surgeon. If a surgeon makes his *own* morphs, you get to see whether he understands the important issues of your nose, and how your nose should be changed. But if you show the surgeon someone else's morphs, and he says "Of course I can make your nose look like that," then you don't really know if he fully understands, or even recognizes, the important changes shown in those morphs. And you don't know if he can make those changes during surgery.)
Remember that rhinoplasty is an exquisitely difficult operation to get right, and you should only have surgery if you are able to make yourself very confident in your surgeon's skills. The changes that your nose needs require advanced techniques, and skill that most plastic surgeons don't possess with expertise. For most noses, it's much better to not have surgery than to have inexpertly-performed surgery. Read my essay on how to stay out of trouble while selecting a rhinoplasty surgeon.  And it also discusses how to take photos that are best for online evaluations.
Your nose is also a perfect example of why computer imaging by the operating surgeon is mandatory in rhinoplasty. You need to know exactly what the surgeon is planning to accomplish -- what features he thinks he can change, and by how much he thinks he can change them. I always email morphs to my online rhinoplasty consultations. When you see the surgeon's goals in the morphs, you'll know whether he has an eye for an attractive nose, and whether he shares your opinion of what constitutes an attractive nose. You'll also know whether the changes he proposes are large enough to be meaningful to you, and whether he understands your wishes enough to address all of your priorities. How would you ever get that figured out without the morphs?