After I take the tapes off will my nose swell up again?

March 26, 2016
Asked By:hockey23 in Chicago, IL

Just had a rhinoplasty almost 2 weeks ago. Had another procedure to stop bleeding shortly after. While I was under, the doctor took my splint off and just used tapes on my nose for the swelling to go down. We took the tapes off a few days later and when I saw my nose for the first time it looked extremely swollen so I asked to have tapes put back on to make the swelling go down. I have the tapes on now, and my nose doesn't look as swollen. Will the swelling go up again after the tapes are off?

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