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Typically 1 month post-op should be OK to start but each situation is unique and only your rhinoplasty surgeon knows the specific details of your procedure and should be the person commenting on post-operative questions such as this
Although you should definitely consult with your surgeon, I generally have my patients resume their nasal steroid sprays one week after surgery once any nasal splints, cast, or packing have been removed. If there is any concern with slower healing, I may have my patients wait until two weeks after surgery.
Your Rhinoplasty Surgeon will give you specific instructions but as a general rule, I'd ask my Rhinoplasty patients not use nasal steroid sprays for 1 month after their Rhinoplasty so the incisions heal properly.
Steroids injections to the nose are common and the side effects are minimal as long as too many injections are not done
It is not necessary at all for the nasal tip to rotate upwards during rhinoplasty, unless this is a desired outcome of surgery. When in fact this upward tip rotation is achieved, it is common for there to be some settling of the tip, so that it drops by as much as 3 to 5 degrees,...
The simple answer to your question is "yes". Some patients are not appropriate candidates for physiologic issues (active heart problems), for psychological reasons (unreasonable expectations, body dysmorphia), and for anatomical reasons (good nasal aesthetics that cannot be...