Staying in shape during recovery. Can an athlete who needs to maintain fitness level even get a rhinoplasty?

You will need only one week off from exercise, and after that you can go back to your physical activity if not at 100% manybe at 80%...and work your way up from there.  Andre Aboolian, MD, Plastic Surgereon, Beverly Hills, andreaboolian.com

After rhinoplasty, raising blood pressure can lead to bleeding.  In other surgeries, like abdominoplasty or breast augmentation, you can damage repairs.  For rhinoplasty, most surgeons would advise avoiding vigorous exercise for 1-2 weeks and for larger operations up to 4-6 weeks.  Exercise physiologists will tell you that you do not start losing fitness until about 3 weeks.  Therefore, if you want an operation, just plan the recovery time as part of your training cycle down time.