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How Long is Healing Period for Rhinoplasty?
My doctor says that in 3-4 weeks after Rhinoplasty, that the nose is about 85% of the way it's going to look. Is this true? The doctor has 14 years experience and is a board certified ENT in Florida.
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qwert123
in NY
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Healing Period After Rhinoplasty
The nose undergoes significant changes in the first 2 to 12 weeks following rhinoplasty. The swelling gradually dissipates over the first several months and thus the appearance of the nose changes gradually. It is difficult to put a percentage on the amount of swelling that remains at any given tip period.
SWELLINGThe nose undergoes significant changes in the first 2 to 12 weeks following rhinoplasty. The swelling gradually dissipates over the first several months and thus the appearance...
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Rhinoplasty Healing Period
Patients can expect to start healing by 14-17 Days. you can return to work 7-8 days after surgery. For a complete 100% full recovery will take longer about 30-90 days.
"Dr.D"
Fayetteville Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Rhinoplasty - healing
You will likely have a cast on for about 1 wk after surgery. Sometimes surgeons keep tape on the nose for 1-2 wk after surgery. If you have your nose broken, you'll likely have some bruising around your eyes and nose for about 2 weeks but usually this can be covered with makeup after the first few days. Usually by the end of the second week, most of the swelling has gone down. By the 4th week, you can usually resume mild exercise and cardio. However, the final...
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Patients are able to get back to their normal social activities within two weeks following a rhinoplasty; most of the bruising is faded by then. After a month post rhinoplasty, approximately 70% to 80% of the swelling is gone out of the tip of the nose. The remainder of that swelling is going to take at least a year to go away for full healing effects.
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Dear Qwerta,
I believe your surgeon is more or less correct. I tell patients that 85% of their healing is complete at about 3 months. While 90 days sounds like a lot, most Rhinoplasty patients return to work in 7-8 days and do fine.
While rhinoplasty patients are typically returning to their daily routines at 7-8 days, they are not allowed to do any heavy exertion for a full 3 weeks, no contact sports for 3 months, and they are told very explicitly that their nose will continue to heal for...
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Swelling after rhinoplasty.
Every surgeon will give you slightly different answers based on his or her particular technique, experience, and patient population. In general, I tell my patients that within two weeks they'll be able to pass the "bus stop test," meaning that they'd be able to sit down next to someone at the bus stop and that person wouldn't think, "Yikes! What happened to them?!"
Bruising is usually gone by two weeks, 60% of the "swelling" is gone by six weeks, and 85-90%...
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Rhinoplasty recovery
Most patients need about 3 weeks to go back tomost acitivites after a rhinoplasty. I would say that the majority of the swelling will go down by about 3-4 weeks. However, there will be reisdual swelling ans stiffness that may last up to a year or more.
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Rhinoplasty recovery
This sounds about right. However, the swelling in the nose can take about 1 year to completely resolve. Further, I would recommend avoiding any contact sports or extreme physical activity, like water skiing, for 6 months to allow all of the bone and cartilage to heal completely. Good luck!
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Healing Period for Rhinoplasty
It takes about 3 weeks for most of the swelling to go down and any bruising to disappear.
However, subtle changes can continue to happen for up to one year.
You can expedite your healing by avoiding any thing that can increase the bruising such as aspirin, motrin, fishoil etc for 2 weeks before surgery. Take Arnica Pills and Bromelain after surgery and ice like crazy for the first 3 days at least. Keep ice pack on for 20 minutes then off 20minutes and so on. Keep head elevated by sleeping...
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Healing time after Rhinoplasty
Healing after rhinoplasty can vary based on many factors, including skin thickness, open vs closed approach, grafts used and the patient's biology. In general most patients look pretty good by 3 weeks. However, full healing, especially at the level of the tip, doesn't take place for 1 year.
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