When will my smile go back to normal after Rhinoplasty?

Because of swelling in the mid face area the appearance of the small may be altered. As the swelling resolves the normal facial motion will return. This may take as long as several months.

Give it 6-8 weeks before your smile looks and feels natural again. Habg in there. I'm sure you will be fine.

Your smile is not likely to go back to the "exact same it was" because the depressor septi was released.  This maneuver is typically performed when a patient's smile is "gummy", and will have the effect of lowering the upper lip during smiling.  That being said, as the swelling from your surgery resolves, your lip elevation should certainly improve relative to now.  

In general, resection of the depressor septi muscle will not affect your smile the much. However, if you had augmentation rhinoplasty using L-Shape silicone implant, particularly with the large pre-maxillar part design, or pre-maxillar augmentation had been done, it may alter your smile permanently.In the meantime, it's still too early to make any conclusion so please be more patient as the result will still change as you body heals.

Dear Dana, You are still in the early stages of recovery from rhinoplasty. If your surgeon cut the depressor septi muscle then I must assume this was something you discussed prior to surgery due to a complaint of a "gummy smile". The frenulum is not cut in a typical rhinoplasty and is cut to lower the lip when smiling. I would discuss with your surgeon your concerns. In rhinoplasty sometimes the smile is affected due to swelling and will return to it's normal motion anywhere from one week post op to sometimes a several months. Best regards, Michael V. Elam, M.D.