# If I broke my nose I would know it right?

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**Created:** [August 29, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-broke-my-nose-i-would-know-it-right/1022581 "2025-08-29T18:28:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-broke-my-nose-i-would-know-it-right/1022581/1 "2025-08-29T18:28:53Z")

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About a week and a half ago I did a face plant on a marble table. Lots of bleeding and gave my self two black eyes to boot.

The black eyes are gone now. My nose doesn’t look with shapen. And no bleeding.

Basically I have none of the symptoms Google tells me I should look for.

But still there’s this bump on my nose now. Can’t really see it but I can feel it. It’s slightly tender. Basically a mild annoyance when I put my glasses on.

I imagine that tenderness will eventually go away. But I’m just wondering did I break my nose?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-broke-my-nose-i-would-know-it-right/1022581/2 "2025-08-29T18:47:54Z")

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I’m not a doctor. I haven’t seen your face. Or an x-ray.

But I’m gonna say, “yes”.

The injury significant enough to give you black eyes. Yep. Broken.

If after this long and your breathing is not affected, I wouldn’t pursue a diagnosis from a doctor. IMHO

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-broke-my-nose-i-would-know-it-right/1022581/3 "2025-08-29T23:09:09Z")

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> [@Grrr](#):
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> But still there’s this bump on my nose now. Can’t really see it but I can feel it. It’s slightly tender. Basically a mild annoyance when I put my glasses on.

When people talked colloquially about a ‘broken nose’ what they really meant is separation of the septal cartilage from the nasal (or lattice) bone. No osseous tissue is actually fractured, and in a healthy person the cartilage will reattach in a few days but unless it has been set and braced properly it will likely be misaligned and likely prone to separating again. The description you give certainly sounds like a ‘broken’ nose, and the bump may reduce further as swelling goes down but is likely to persist unless you get surgery to separate and reset the nose properly.

[![](https://worldofmedicalsaviours.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2302_External_Nose.jpg) ](https://worldofmedicalsaviours.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2302_External_Nose.jpg)

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