Recovery After Rhinoplasty

While every patient's recovery period is unique, healing after rhinoplasty surgery includes:

• Bandage and suture removal after 5-7 days
• "Restaurant Ready" in about 7-10 days. 
• 75% of your results may be apparent at 3-4 weeks
• 100% of your results should apparent at 9-12 months

Keep in-mind that these are general guidelines and your individual experience may vary.

I hope this is helpful.

In my practice, we see patients for primary and secondary rhinoplasty.  Healing time can vary, but the general post-operative course I describe to my patients can include the following depending on what was done during the rhinoplasty:

1. Post-op - for the first 3-5 days patients have a splint and nasal packing in place.
2. Days 3-5 - the packing or internal nasal splint is removed and the external splint is changed. Any exterior sutures are removed (some patients will not have external sutures at all).
3. Days 7-10 - we remove the external splint.

Usually patients are OK to return to non-strenuous work at one week.

Healing for any boney work takes about 6 weeks.  The incisions are usually well on their way to being healed at 2-3 weeks.  And while most changes are complete in the first month, tip swelling can persist for about a year.

I hope this helps!

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