Vladimir Ramirez-Blanco, MD

First ask for help to the flight attendant, you could be moved for a more comfortable colder place, lay your head back and but some gauze or tissues under you nostrils but do not try to pinch it or to put something inside. Ask for decongestants(AFRIN) and apply 1 spray on each nostril it has a effect that shrinks small vessels and this helps stop bleeding. It all depends on how long after the rhinoplasty has been done but a severe bleeding(i.e. it takes less than a minute to for the gauze to be completely wet) is something to be evaluated by a specialist as soon as the flight permits. But be calm, some small bleeding usually ocurrs and head position and rest solves this most of the time.

It is extremely rare to develop clinically significant infection after a septorhinoplasty, if this happens you should absolutely manage the infection first and deal with septum later. There are different techniques so where the septum is pretty much depends on what has been done and how it will heal during time. Stay in close follow up with you're surgeon.

Typically massaging past the healing period won't have any effect and if the scar has hardened it might be some graft applied to the tip. If there is large scar tissue an alternative is the use of steroids + 5FU. Always look for board certified plastic surgeon and rhinoplasty specialist

It can increase your discomfort but will not impair your healing, drink a lot of fluids, continue with proper hygiene and follow your surgeons prescription and you'll be fine.

Rhinoplasty is one of the most complex plastic surgeries, if this concern is not something that affect your everyday then a surgery will not bring you something worth the risks. If you do consider to get it done always look for a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Rhinoplasty Specialist.

I typically use split oblique technique which absolutely does NOT need to harvest entire rib, however it al comes to why do you need rib in the first place, so mostly in large reconstructive cases i will use entire segments of ribs, in particular the last ones(floating) that have a very low complication rate and almost no physical impairment. Always look for Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Rhinoplasty specialist.