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Wearing glasses may cause a temporary depression on the skin of your nose but ultimately it will not cause a permanent change to the shape of your nose.
Wearing glasses should not change the shape of your nose. What you've most likely seen between 9 years of age and today is just development of your nasal and facial skeleton. If you are concerned about "bumps" or other aspects of the shape of your nose, they can often be improved with rhinoplasty surgery. I hope this information is helpful. Stephen Weber MD, FACS
Flaring your nostrils will not cause them to increase in size, and they will return to their natural shape. I hope this helps answer your question, and I wish you the best of luck.
Repair of a hanging columella is also known as a columellar-plasty. A columellar-plasty is usually performed at the same time as the rhinoplasty procedure, however there are patients that do require a simple columellar-plasty which can be performed under either local or general anesthesia. T...
I agree with the other comments. You should give more time to allow resolution of swelling. It could be periosteal calcification, malposition of the nasal bone or swelling. Time will tell. On a occasion depending what it feels like I would consider steroid injection.
Hi Kassandra: It is likely you have a deviated septum and some element of nasal blockage due to your symptoms. “Nasal drip going down my throat” suggests that the air passage through the nose is inadequate. You need a very thorough exam to determine if not only a deviated sep...
There are many different causes for nasal obstruction and facial headaches which include a deviated nasal septum, turbinate hypertrophy, chronic sinusitis, allergic nasal polyps, valve collapse and vestibular stenosis. Each one of these issues are treated differently. It is probably...
Your swelling a month out from surgery is still surgical swelling. The swelling of the tip takes months to go away. ibuprofen typically may help with swelling slightly in the first 2-3 days after surgery, but many rhinoplasty surgeons avoid it because they worry about bleeding. At this point a...
