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Generally speaking, it can take 6 to 12 months to completely heal after surgery. Please keep in touch with your surgeon or his/her clinical team to discuss your ongoing concerns.
Depending on what techniques were used and whether or not the nasal bones were broken, it is not uncommon for patients to experience a headache in the first several days following surgery. However, a persistent headache 8 days after surgery warrants a return visit to your physician.
In most people discomfort and pain afterrhinoplasty settles 24-48 hours after the surgery. In patients where the nasalbones have been narrowed, a minority of patients may findsome sensitivity and discomfort over the bridge of the nose intermittently forseveral weeks. In addition there is some swelling onthe inside lining of the nose that can result in symptoms of congestion, thiscan result in headaches particularly in sensitive individuals if coupled withother conditions such as hay fever. These patients may benefitfrom additional medications during the recovery period.
Since it has only been eight days since your rhinoplasty, it is normal to have facial pressure, headache, due to the rhinoplasty. When the nasal bones are broken and reset with osteotomies, it does tend to take a couple of weeks for the headaches to go away. For many before and after examples of closed rhinoplasty, please see the link below
You should return and discuss this with your surgeon as continuous headaches are uncommon one week after rhinoplasty. Most of our patients do not take pain medication for more than a day or two following the procedure.
Some basics. The shape of the nose is the shape of the underlying architecture. In the nasal tip, the architecture is cartilage. If the cartilages are rounded and weakly supported, then the tip will have poor contour and definition. You need thinner width and strongly supported tip cartilages in...
Thank you for your question! It is understandable that you are concerned especially with the nasal bump. Changes after rhinoplasties vary with every patient and what you are experiencing is normal especially that swelling takes time to subside as it masks the results of your surgery...
Hi there, Your comments about the composition of the nose and cartilage are true, however, the structural changes that occur to the bones, cartilage and soft tissue of the nose in a rhinoplasty are quite permanent. It is very unlikely that a nose will "return" to its previous...
Most likely rhinoplasty would be able to help you with your concerns. A wide oversized nose is a common concern of patients. You need to find a well qualified surgeon to have a consultation with to adequately answer your question however.
Following Rhinoplasty, the nasal skin and soft tissue envelope are invariably swollen. The amount of swelling (also called edema) can vary depending on several factors. One factor is the technique of the surgeon and whether the Rhinoplasty was performed "open" versus...
It’s not unusual for patients to experience significant swelling in the post-operative period.This swelling may be present for up to a year following surgery.It can often cause the nasal tip to be hard, stiff and bulbous.It can also cause the nasal dorsum to be prominent even though cartilage a...
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