How Long After Rhinoplasty Can Loupes or Glasses Be Worn?

Wait for a minimum of three weeks if your nasal bones were broken during the rhinoplasty. During this time here are your options;
1. Contact lenses
2. Use tape in the center joining part of the glasses and tape them to forehead.
3. Use cheek supports to rest the bottom of the glasses on cheeks. Some opticians can make them
4. Get an optician to put soft smooth nasal pads on the glasses.
5. One of my patients made a hole in the visor portion of a baseball cap and put a hook through it and used the hook to hold the glasses.
Regards

I advise my patients who have had bony alterations of the nose to tape their glasses to their forehead to take the pressure off of their nose for six weeks following rhinoplasty. Glasses have become so much lighter over the past several years that it is unlikely that you will cause any damage after that period of time. The use of loupes can make this a little more difficult. Loupes are heavier than regular glasses and they also have to be worn like reading glasses which will make taping them at just the right level a little tricky. My suggestion is that if you feel any pressure while wearing your loupes after rhinoplasty, either re-tape them or take a break (no pun intended).

 However, as soon as the cast is removed we have our patients use flesh colored tape to hold the center of the glasses to the forehead. That way they can be worn 6 days later.