What You Don’t Know About a Rhinoplasty
What You Don’t Know About a Rhinoplasty
There are things you don’t know about a Rhinoplasty, perhaps because you don’t know anybody who has had it, or you only have the basic information, or, you are embarrassed to say you want one, whatever the case may be, one thing’s for sure you can never get enough information on getting surgery.
The Most Important Things You Need to Know Before Having a Rhinoplasty
Make Sure to Take a Break
You will need to ask for time off from work or school, 1 or 2 weeks off is good since there will be swelling and bruising.
Expect Bruising and Swelling
With Rhinoplasty there is swelling and can be bruising, it is different for each patient, some people swell more or less than other, it depends on how your body reacts. The bruising will be around the eye area, as well as the swelling, it can increase with the days, but by the 7th day, it will way down, with minimal discoloration from the bruises.
In the First Week
The first week is the hardest week, you will have cotton plugs in your nose, those will be taken out by the 3rd day, but for those days you have them on you will have to breathe through your mouth, which can be pretty uncomfortable. In addition to that, you’ll have on a splint, that comes off after 7 days, in your post-op follow up. After the cast and plugs come off it gets much easier.
Discomfort and Pain
Be prepared to feel some discomfort and perhaps pain. Some bleeding from the nostrils is also expected to happen within the first several days after the procedure which is completely normal, it stops after the first 5 days.
No Exercise
Within the first 3-4 weeks avoid working out; you are still in the healing process, and doing any type of exercise can cause your recovery process to get prolonged. You expose yourself to getting hurt until your Doctor tells you you’re discharged completely, then you may, not before.
Post-op Visit
The Doctor will take off the splint on this visit, also if you’ve had an Open Rhinoplasty stitches would need to be removed, those would also come off in this visit. After the splint has been removed and everything is good, the Doctor will place some micropore tape which will remain on for a week. In this visit, make sure to ask your Doctor any and all questions you have, about any sensation you’ve had.
Patience
You will need patience throughout this whole process, you will get an idea of what your final results will be like within the first few weeks, however, it can take anywhere from 6 months to a year for your nose to look as normal as you would like it to be. There might be some numbness, sometimes even blemishes, the tip of the nose will be swollen, it doesn’t mean that you’ll look bad or not presentable, but the results will take almost 12 months due to internal healing.
The Right Surgeon for You
Make sure you have a qualified surgeon who counts with all his credentials; also make sure you feel comfortable with the Doctor you choose, that you feel he understands what you are looking for and is an honest ethical Doctor.
How to know if you are a candidate?
You will have to fill out a Virtual Consultation, in which we ask you a few questions to be able to know whether or not you are eligible, this paired with pictures we also request to know what specific procedures you’d be a candidate for. Once we have all this information we would be able to send you your personalized quote.
If you want more information on how to reach your ideal goal visit our website or contact us so one of our Patient Coordinator can help you achieve the best version of yourself.
