I cannot see without wearing eyeglasses. I am having rhinoplasty in a few weeks and have been told I cannot wear my eyeglasses for 4-6 weeks following surgery. I am not able to wear contact lenses, so my question is this: Is there a way to wear eyeglasses post-surgery without causing damage or deformity to the new nose?
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Check with your surgeon and dentist to coordinate. It likely won't be an issue but if the tooth is on the top row you may be still experiencing some soreness, especially if there was some bony work done. 3 or 4 weeks after rhinoplasty is likely adequate, but since your surgeon is the one who...
Dear jade98,
Thank you for your clinical post. A nose job would be performed on your
nasofacial balance and proportion and generally involves operations on the
bridge and tip of the nose. Your
descriptions from your inner aspect of the eye usually involve the medial
canthus and epicanthus. ...
Thank you for your question. Ask your surgeon of course, but I generally tell my patients that they can take it off whenever they think that the nuissance of having to dab with a tissue is less than the nussance of having the gauze sit continually under their nose. This intersection...
