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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.
Asked 29 months ago by
qwert123 in NY
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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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Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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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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Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Patients can resume normal social activities two weeks after rhinoplasty
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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Getting back in the limelight after Rhinoplasty
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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Baltimore Facial Plastic Surgeon
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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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Jacksonville Facial Plastic Surgeon
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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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Bedminster Facial Plastic Surgeon
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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.
San Diego Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Rhinoplasty healing varies based on the procedure and patient
The healing period very much depends on the individual patient and the exact procedure performed. For a "simple" rhinoplasty where perhaps a small hump is removed and some minor tip work performed, the 85% would be fairly typical. For a more complex procedure in a thick skinned person for example the final result won't be apparent for a year or more.
Generally, the tip swelling is the last to resolve. Surgeons such as Tardy have shown with long term follow-up that changes take...
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Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Time for rhinoplasty healing
Yes, in the typical patient this is a reasonable estimate of the time. Of course, a variety of factors may effect the ulitmate outcome and time it takes to achieve a stable appearance.
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People are presentable one week after rhinoplasty.
Hi!
With gentle technique and doing a closed rhinoplasty (which is all most people need), you will be entirely presentable in one week, and you see almost all of the final result in one month.
Ask to see a lot of before and after pictures.
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There is minimal Downtime after Rhinoplasty Surgery.
After your Rhinoplasty surgery, you'll be on house rest for one week. Your dressing is removed around 7 days after surgery, and your nose will look a bit swollen, and you may have bruising under your eyes. I advise against strenuous activity till 3 weeks after surgery, and then there are no restrictions.
I've attached a link to my Rhinoplasty photos for your perusal. I show several early photos at 3 weeks following surgery, and you'll see that there is no obvious evidence of surgery at that...
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Rhinoplasty Recovery
Difficult to quantitate but that is pretty close. It isnt until the first 6 months that the majority of the swelling is gone, but it does take about 1 years time for the healing process to be complete. But at about 4-6 weeks you have a very good idea of how your nose is going to look.
Good luck.
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Recovery from Rhinoplasty is two weeks, 6 weeks, six month.
What I mean by 2 weeks is that you must be careful not to do any lifting, straining or getting your blood pressure up to minimize the chance of your developing a post op bleed. By 6 weeks i mean that you must avoid being hit or banged in the nose for 6-8 weeks until the bones have healed and by 6 months I mean that is how long it takes to be able to actually see the final result. Usually after 2-3 weeks you will look presentable in public with out people noticing that you had some thing done...
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Healing after rhinoplasty
Hi Qwert,
Your doctor's estimate that 85% of the swelling will be gone in 4 weeks is pretty accurate. In general, the majority of swelling dissipates rapidly, within just a few weeks after nasal surgery. The last bit, however, takes a few months. Patients become particularly cognizant of this, saying that their nasal tip appears shiny or that the nose becomes slightly asymmetric if they sleep with their head on one side. After 6-12 months, virtually all of the swelling is gone, and the...
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Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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