Hello, I've never had any kind of surgery or anything really but I am seriously thinking of rhinoplasty. I wanted to know if when I wake up from surgery if I will be saying crazy things and acting loopy - will I know and be aware that I just had surgery - what does it feel like? My fathers side of the family has a history of delirium after surgery. They wake up and act crazy, loopy and say outlandish things. Will this happen to me?
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Great question. It sounds like it’s too soon for you to be doing housework, even if it is “light”. You just had surgery 5 days ago, so it’s important to allow your body to rest. It needs to be able to allocate any extra energy it has for healing your nose. While light housework might not seem st...
If you just want the nostrils narrowed, that can easily be done under local anesthesia. If you want tip work done as well I would recommend either local anesthesia with sedation or general anesthesia.
Thank you for your question. Minor trauma after rhinoplasty is very common. It would be unlikely for a minor bump that only causes mild pain to cause any structural damage to the work that was done by your surgeon. Having said that, I would let your surgeon know about it. Only they know how...