According to information from the Harvard Medical Schools, if you have a deviated septum, you will need a type of surgery called septoplasty. In this procedure, the surgeon will move your septum to a normal position.
In some cases, the surgeon also will reshape the external appearance of your nose in a procedure called rhinoplasty.
When the two procedures are done at the same time, the surgery is called a septorhinoplasty.
If your child has a deviated septum, the doctor may wait until your child's nose has finished growing before doing surgery. In most cases, this is not until age 15 or 16.
Boys usually need to wait a little longer than girls because they finish growing a little later.
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