You won't be missing any teeth,, but you may have "raccoon eyes"

Joseph Perlman, MD answers: Will I look like I was in a bar fight after a nose job?

...and I lost!  I mean, black eyes and bruises that last for weeks. I really need to fix my crooked nose (broken a few times--not in fights!).  thanks Doctors!


Joseph Perlman, MD
3 months ago

If you are having  an extensive rhinoplasty with both inside work and outside work, you will have bruising, especially if the nasal bones have to be fractured and repositioned.  For work on the tip or internal work only on the septum, you shouldn't have significant bruising .  The bruising itself lasts anywhere from 5-10 days.  Of course you could always tell people that you were in a bar fight if you did not want them to think you had a nose job.

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