What are some possible causes of elbow pain without trauma?

Thank you for your question. I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to when you mention a huge dent in the nose. As you rightly pointed out, one of the common causes for depressions in the nose is from traumatic injury to the nasal bone. If you are sure that there is no previous trauma to the nose, the other possibility is acne scars. Depending on the severity this can be treated with CO2 lasers, fillers or fat grafts.

Thank you for your email, and sorry to hear about your injury. Pinkies are very often injured in ball games. Besides being swollen and painful, is there a deformity? Or you are unable to extend the finger tip straight like before? There can be several common injuries, including a fracture. Another common injury is a mallet finger - either a soft tissue mallet, or a bony mallet injry where there is a little avulsion fracture. My advice is to see an orthopaedic surgeron, and get an X-ray done. That is the sure way to exclude a fracture.