My nose look straight from left, but there's a quite noticable hump when you look from the right. I don't understand isn't the hump supposed to be seen from both sides? It's also not visible from direct side profiles, I mean the hump can only be seen from three quarter angle from right. What can cause that? Is it possible that this hump (or whatever it is), is not located on the bridge of my nose but located on the lateral part of my nasal bone? If so, what kind of procedure will I have?
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Dear rosiecon11 in Beverly Hills, CA:
The word “collapse” is a bit scary. It is not a collapse like when a roof
collapses under 10 feet of snow or collapses during a fire. While this is analogous to the roof of the
nose, the reference to collapse is that there is a little bit of weakness and...
Open Rhinoplasty, in my opinion, is a better
option for correcting a
nasal deformity. The ability to expose the nose and see the deformity and correct it, versus
closed rhinoplasty, which is done in a more blind approach. There is really no difference in the
recovery time in my experience. This...
