Want to make sure I am fit, healthy and ready for my operation: How do I prepare before my rhinoplasty surgery? Any diet changes? Any lifestyle changes? Can I take certain supplements that will help with bruising, scarring, swelling? Any foods that help?
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Twelve days is too early to evaluate results from your rhinoplasty. Swelling takes months to go away. As the swelling goes away it does so intermittently and asymmetrically. This means it will happen faster at some times and also quicker on one side versus the other....
Dear rosiecon12, Yes a nose can be to small for a patients face. Perhaps you do not hear that complaint however as surgeons we see patients who do complain of this especially those who may have had their noses over reduced and would have preferred a more natural appearance. Imaging is a good too...
Thank you very much for enquire.
Swelling after a rhinoplasty depends of the surgery complexity.
In this regard, the nasal swelling Post-op It can last from two weeks to two months.
To reduce this swelling, I recommend you perform delicates daily lymphatic drainage massage therapy over the face...
