Mini golf after rhinoplastry?

Thank you very much for enquire.Rhinoplasty is a very delicate procedure, and you must be very careful to protect the surgery.With only nine days of surgery you should not practice this sport, because the nasal tissues are not healed jet, and if you had an accident will result with surgery severe damage.Sweat can also contaminate the surgery, and especially you have to avoid direct sun exposure to avoid stains over/around the nose.Respectfully,Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.-

Thank you for your question.  Not that I'm a mini golf expert, but I've played it a few times in my life and don't remember it ever being an exertion or a hazard to my face.  As long as you are not elevating your blood pressure by either exerting yourself or putting your head below the level of your heart, you should be fine. No one wants their patients convalescent in bed the whole time during their recovery.  Normal non-strenuous activities are encouraged.  Just don't swing for the fences or get hit by the windmill!

This is a common question. The answer lies in the goal of swelling resolution after rhinoplasty. Ideally surgeons would love if surgery caused no swelling at all! However this is obviously impossible. So the next best thing is to get the swelling to resolve as quickly as possible. Exercise interferes and slows this down by increasing the heart rate. This in turn causes increased blood flow which results in more swelling or at least delayed resolution. So the goal is to keep the heart rate low. This doesn't mean no exercise, it means low intensity exercise. Often however the best and simplest solution is to do nothing for the first month. However if someone is careful, they could exercise, say slow jog such that they can carry on a conversation with their running partner. Or still do free wieghts but use 60% of their normal and take longer intervals.