How Long to Stay Away from Sun After Rhinoplasty?

After rhinoplasty,
Dr. De Silva recommends staying out of the sun for 6-months. Although it is
safe to go on holiday even 1-week after surgery, avoiding sun exposure is
important to ensure optimal healing. The healing nasal skin may darken with sun
exposure and relative numbness in the nose can make the nose more prone to sun
burn. To aid healing and fast recovery, Dr. De Silva recommends avoiding sun
exposure, using a hat that shades your nose and sun protection factor of 30 or
above. 

At 5 weeks after rhinoplasty, your nasal skin may still be sensitive to the sun. Just use good common sense - use a great sunblock, wear a hat, stay under an umbrella. If you are noticing sensitivity, then back off a little bit. If your nose feels fine, then you should be OK

You can go out in the sun immediately following rhinoplasty, but you should avoid prolonged exposure or tanning. It mainly has to do with bruising and scaring. If you expose a bruise to UV light, it may cause hyper-pigmentation of the skin, and this can take many months to resolve. This can cause any external nasal scars to darken as well. Also, you are more like to get sun burned during the early weeks after surgery. A good sun screen and a hat, will allow you to enjoy your vacation and not harm your recovery. Have fun, but be careful.

Sunlight can cause inflammation and swelling of your nose. Therefore, I recommend my patients to stay away from direct sunlight for 3 months after rhinoplasty. Make sure to protect your nose with sunscreen and a hat. You can't wear sunglasses for 2 months and please avoid using tanning beds for 12 months as it delays the healing process. Best wishes.

The worst a sunburn on your nose could cause is redness, discomfort, and temporary swelling. In general, while there is persistent nasal swelling after rhinoplasty, we suggest avoiding direct sunlight without SPF and a cap. This is typically the summer of surgery. Hope this helps you! Dr Joseph

Exposure to the sun should be avoided for at least 6 weeks after the
cast is removed. If you are going to be in the sun 3-4 weeks from cast
removal use sunblock and a hat.

You should wait for 6 weeks after surgery before you go swimming. It's best to stay out of the sun for at least this long as well, and make sure to cover up your nose when you go outside after that time.Please ask your surgeon as they may have different advice.

Hello!  Thank you for your question!  After any surgical procedure, you should be careful with incisions as well as avoidance of direct UVA and UVB rays in order to lessen the chance for hyperpigmentation of the skin and scars, which can take several months to resolve, if it ever does.  As the tissue was elevated off of your nose along with any oother adjunct procedures, minimizing trauma to the area is critical for such a delicate procedure as the rhinoplasty.   The ability of the affected area to heal has been slowed and you should try to avoid additional swelling to the area.  The area will likely be numb for several weeks to months and will be difficult to feel when sunburn is coming on.  Typical recommendations include wearing a hat and/or sunblock to the affected area for at least 6-12 weeks following the procedure.  Certainly discuss the postoperative instructions with your surgeon, as thoughts differ among surgeons.  Hope that this helps!  Best wishes!

            It’s
important to avoid sun exposure following rhinoplasty for several reasons. Sun
exposure can adversely impact wound healing and result in unfavorable scarring.
In addition, patients can suffer severe nasal sunburns because of nasal
numbness.

 

            We
generally, recommend avoiding sun exposure for at least six weeks following
surgery. After six weeks it’s important to use a sunscreen with both UVA and
UVB protection. 

One of the key elements is after doing  rhinoplasty your nasal tip and dorsum may be numb and it would be best to avoid the sun for 3-6 months. More importantly, use sunscreen with UVA and UVB protection.