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Rhinoplasty Swelling
I had a Rhinoplasty 3 weeks ago and my nose is still very swollen. How long is it normal to have rhinoplasty swelling after surgery?
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Approximately 70-80% of the swelling will subside one...
Approximately 70-80% of the swelling will subside one month after Rhinoplasty surgery. It takes a full year for the other 20-30% of the swelling to resolve. At this time final results are seen. Most of the residual swelling after the Rhinoplasty settles in the tip of the nose, this takes the longest to subside. These observations are based on the last several thousand nasal surgeries Dr. Portuese has performed.
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Swelling after Rhinoplasty: Gradual Improvement
The amount of swelling and how long it persists after rhinoplasty depends on several factors such as the surgeon's technique, open versus closed approach, whether the nasal bones were broken, and the number of prior nasal surgeries.
Patients in whom open rhinoplasty techniques were used, cases in which the nasal bones were broken, and a history of one or more previous nasal surgeries often will have more prolonged swelling.
During the first week, most patients will have moderate swelling ....
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Swelling 3 weeks after Rhinoplasty is normal
Rhinoplasty swelling occurs both on the outside and inside of the nose. Patients are generally "restaurant ready" and socially acceptable within 2 weeks following surgery. Most swelling after rhinoplasty resolves within a month. The final 20% of swelling takes a much longer time to resolve, up to a year after surgery. Fortunately, this final swelling is usually only evident to the surgeon and patient.
Rhinoplasty swelling varies greatly and is largely based on the areas of the...
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Rhinoplasty swelling
Rhinoplasty swelling is common immediately after surgery. The amount of swelling can depend on procedure performed, surgical technique and individual differences in your healing.
Tip swelling is usually the last to resolve.
Head elevation and post-operative splinting can help reduce swelling and speed recovery.
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Rhinoplasty is an operation that takes at least a year...
Rhinoplasty is an operation that takes at least a year to fully recover from.
I recommend icing and sleeping with the head of the bed elevated during the first 7-10 days to keep swelling to a minimum.
My patients all get Aquaplast nasal casts placed to keep swelling down for 7 days.
It can take 2-4 weeks before the nose shrinks enough to become socially acceptable to most patients.
The biggest change in swelling occurs between the 8th-12th months.
Postoperative massage and injectible...
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Thick skin or reduction rhinoplasty takes longer
The duration of swelling depends on what was done, the thickness of the skin covering, and the change in size of the nose. The longer the surgery takes and the more maneuveres performed in general will lead to more swelling. Thicker skin will also take a longer to time to contract and resolve swelling. Finally reduction surgery (making the nose smaller) creates a situation in which the skin must "shrink to fit" the reduced infrastructure of the nose--this takes longer than...
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Swelling and Rhinoplasty a match made in Heaven
Swelling after rhinoplasty can be very annoying for patients. Often times I have less patience than even my own patients to see what we have really created in the nasal shaping! However, you must trust your surgeon in that he/she knows what was created in the operating room. That is what counts. Your surgeon should not leave the Operating Room until everything looks as good as possible. Then it is just a matter of being patient and waiting for time to pass.
Taping and massaging can...
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Rhinoplasty Swelling is Complex
Rhinoplasty swelling is different for everyone but I will generalize. Most patients have a good looking nose about 10 days after the surgery. The swelling is far from gone at this point but it is no longer obvious. Within a couple months it is over 90% gone. It may take several years for 100% of swelling to be gone. Swelling is very dependent on skin thickness. The thicker the skin, the more significant the swelling.
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After Rhinoplasty, swelling lasts longest at the tip
There are several stages of swelling after rhinoplasty surgery. We advise our patients that they can expect to be "restaurant ready" one week after rhinoplasty surgery, meaning they can go out in public and not look, "strange", by that time.
However there will still be considerable swelling, especially at the tip for up to 3-6 months. In some occasions, your surgeon may want to help decrease swelling and reduce scar tissue development by injecting...
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It can be
For patients undergoing rhinoplasty, swelling is not uncommon. In some approaches to rhinoplasty, swelling may persist for a year or longer. In general, most of the swelling will be gone in about a month. There are many factors which can aggravate swelling and can change this timing though. If you have a concern, I would suggest visiting with the surgeon who performed the proedure to ask them if this is something that is normal.
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