I had a rhinoplasty a year ago to remove a hump on the bridge of my nose. My doctor also corrected a deviated septum and rounded the tip. Before the surgery, I expressed to my doctor that I was happy with my front profile. After surgery, the hump is removed and my side profile looks great! Though my nose is certainly getting less and less swollen, it no longer has the bony definition it once had. Is it a matter of being patient and allowing it to deal further or do I need to consider revision?
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December 29, 2014
Answer: Time is needed for final results to be obvious
Nose picking should not make your nose bigger unless infection developer secondary to scratched wound from your nail. However, nose picking habit should be avoided as millions of bacteria may be introduced to your nose each time you pick it constatntly.
If you were late to grow your nose may continue to develop until your early twenties. You still may or may not choose rhinoplasty, however given your late growth spurt there is no harm in giving things more time.
In most cases removing the bump on the bridge (or dorsum) of the nose entails reducing the height of the cartilage and bone which create the bump. After the top of the cartilage portion is reduced the cartilage portion may collapse inward. In these cases cartilage grafts can be...