After Rhinoplasty Surgery Will I Need Nasal Packing?

   Its been at least 5 years since i used nasal packing!  I used to pack all my noses because that was what I was taught in training. I found my patients were uncomfortable and were very frightened by what all their friends told them about packing. Since I have stopped using packing I have not had any more bleeding than  when I used packing. If i do need to put something in the nose it is usually a small amount of material that stops minor bleeding. This material I use usually dissolves by itself.. If on a rare patient I have more bleeding than i anticipate I would not hesitate to use packing. Its all about patient safety!
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Packing is used mostly to prevent bleeding.  In most cases, I do not find there to be significant bleeding by the time I am completing surgery.  I will place thin splints inside the nose if I do work on the septum during surgery.  But patients can breath around these spints and they do not cause discomfort.