Rhinoplasty Nose Surgery Recovery Time Maryland
Posted on January 6, 2009 at 7:45 pm
What’s the typical recovery time from Rhinoplasty? Usually Rhinoplasty patients have black eyes, particularly if you need to move the nasal bones inward which happens in most cases. So I would say you can expect some black and blue or yellowing around the eyes for a week to 10 days afterwards. The initial recovery is uncomfortable not because of pain, as I said before, but because there’s packing frequently in the nose. There’s a splint on the outside which pushes the bones and tissues in and there’s packing on the inside which pushes the bones and tissues out. And this way I can keep things immobilized, sort of like a cast. The packing comes out at 3 days, the splint on the outside usually comes off at 7-8 days. Usually by 9-10 days they are able to go out to parties and look good with a little cover up makeup on the bruised eye lids. So one really couldn’t tell a 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks out that one maybe even had Rhinoplasty done on themselves? I can tell you that the second patient I showed you was 3 months out from surgery. The first patient I showed you is only 6 weeks after. Very impressive.
