Is Vomiting After Rhinoplasty Common?

As you suggest, anesthesia and blood in the stomach are the most common causes of vomiting.

Personally, I believe that twilight anesthesia reduces nausea after surgery. Intravenous medications and anti-vomiting pills can also be given to help reduce the likelihood of nausea after surgery.

One thing you can do is ask family members how they reacted to general anesthesia. If your parents and/or siblings did not have severe nausea after anesthesia, then it is likely you will not have vomiting issues either.

Hope this helps and best of luck.

After having Rhinoplasty surgery, you can experience nausea/vomiting. There's three main causes. The first can be from the anesthesia, which can last up to a few hours post operation. Also, the vomiting can be related to swallowing blood or the pain medicine you're prescribed. We would prescribe anti-nausea(Zofran), the drug currently available for preventing nausea or vomiting, that is taken the day of surgery. Your plastic Surgeon will discuss any options with you during your consultation.

There are numerous methods to minimize nausea and vomitting after surgery and you should discuss your fears with your surgeon. However, this is not always entirely avoidable despite the best of techniques.