I've heard that T can affect the bone and cartilage in the nose but I was wondering how true that is and to what extent it actually does affect the nose.
When I was a kid I broke the bridge of my nose in an accident that involved a baseball bat to the face...
The doctor set it and it healed but there was some excess bone growth from calcium deposits. Thanks to the fracture I've always had breathing problems and the shape of my nose is a little off. It's not very noticible but I've always wanted to get it fixed. Every doctor I talked to though told me to wait until I was at least in my twenties and knew that my nose wouldn't be growing or changing much anymore before having any kind of surgery otherwise there would be a risk of it continuing to grow and look mishapen later. Now that I'm old enough I finally have a consultation with an ear nose and throat surgeon in a few weeks to see what can be done about correcting the breathing problems and the shape of my nose. I don't think they'll do much with the cartilage, probably just chisel off some bone here and there, but I'm not sure what the whole process entails. Since I plan on starting T one day I'm worried that if I do have the surgery to correct the shape of my nose the effects of T will just change it again.
I could always just have the surgery done to correct my breathing problems but it would be nice to get it all out of the way at once since that option is actually available. Plus if I do get it done all at once, it'll all be covered by insurance whereas if I ever wanted to fix the shape of my nose later it would probably be considered only cosmetic surgery at that point and I would have to pay out of pocket for it.
Has anyone experienced something similar to this or had their nose change shape due to T?
