Early research suggests that it could take 2 weeks for your body to get over a mild illness, or up to 6 weeks for severe or critical cases. Recovery varies for different people, depending on your age and overall health. Fatigue, headache, and trouble breathing were the symptoms most likely to linger.CDC guidelines say that if you’ve been diagnosed with COVID, you should isolate yourself at home until all of these things are true: (1) You have had no fever for 24 hours without using a fever-reducing medicine. (2) Your symptoms are better, though they might not be totally gone. (3) It’s been at least 10 days since your symptoms started. The plastic surgeon who will be performing your procedure will have protocols in place for approving you for surgery.