Depending upon the tip techniques that were performed at the time of the surgery, the tip will most certainly drop after the surgery. The tip always looks turned up in the first couple of weeks after a Rhinoplasty due to swelling and will usually drop back to its normal position within two to six weeks. There is also further settling and healing that can occur over the next year. A year should be allowed for full healing to occur.
In most cases, the tip will drop, however the degree to which it does so relies on a number of variables, including your specific anatomy before the procedure, the goals of the procedure, the techniques used to modify the tip (sutures, cartilage grafts, etc) and ultimately your body's healing capabilities. In general, I urge all patients who have had a rhinoplasty to be patient with the initial appearance, as it very often looks too swollen and the tip may indeed look too upturned. With time, it should settle quite nicely into a more natural position.
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