Post Rhinoplasty Surgery
Rhinoplasty, or as it is commonly referred to as Nose Jobs is quickly becoming the number one most popular plastic surgery procedure. The surgery involves reshaping or reconstructing the external nose and is often pared with a septoplasty (internal nasal surgery) to both correct breathing problems (or other internal nasal problems) and to reshape the nose to give the nose the desired aesthetic.
Recovering from a Nose Job:
The surgeon that performs the operation should warn you that after the procedure you will experience both discomfort and bruising, the extent of which will depend on the type of nose job and how your body reacts. The nose will likely be broken during the course of the surgery; as such bruising and swelling will occur. Your doctor may either inform you of over the counter medication or prescribe something to ease the pain. The majority of the discolouration should disappear with in 3 weeks or so, if the nose was not broken it will fade much faster.
After rhinoplasty you will need to be off work for around a week to recover. After surgery w you will have your nose packed for a day or a few days depending on the procedure (the packing helps with the shape and traps the copious amount of blood). Depending on your ability to heal you have to take more time off work as your nose be bleed on and off for some time after the surgery and you will be appear bruised, swollen and all around unpleasant for a little while. Depending on your work environment it may be best to recover at home.
Be realistic. It tales some time for the bruising, pain and swelling to go down before you will be able to see any noticeable results and even then it is not an accurate partial of the final result. You will have to be patient for at least a couple month before your new nose will truly emerge. Again depending on how fast your body heals, and the amount of time you have to relax and recover (nothing slows down recovery like stress and over exertion) the sooner you will see results (typically with in 3 -6 months). Be for warned that there have been cases where patients have taken a couple years to fully heal (though few and far between).
As you will discuss with your surgeon prior to the operation, a practical point of view and expectation is very important. Not only will you have the pain of recovery but in most cases result will be difficult to see for the first couple of months. It typically takes 2 to 6 months to get the final shape. Your recovery time is based largely on the bodies ability to heal itself and deal with the trauma of surgery, Tips on healing faster are pretty straight forward: no stress, eat right, make sure your overall health is good and avoid any impact to the nose.
Good luck with your Cosmetic Nose Surgery.