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If your nose got hit, and it broke or got damaged, will it still have the same appearance, either the nose bone or the nose cartilage?

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Dr. Lonnie Smith answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

If it didn't move: If your nose was nondisplaced after the trauma it can heal with no cosmetic defect.

Dr Vinocur and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/1/2018

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