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Will a deviated septum surgery fix the painful bump in my nose?

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epeters09Feb 28, 2017

I have had a bony bump on my nose ever since I was young. It has always hurt, and recently I started researching and realized it might be because of a deviated septum. Is it possible for a deviated septum to cause a raised bump on my nose, and will a procedure to fix the deviated septum fix the bump on my nose? I hate the way it looks and it's really uncomfortable.

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