GNG Plastic Surgery Hospital: Secret to Reduce Recovery Time After Rhinoplasty!

Today, we are going to talk about how to reduce recovery time after rhinoplasty!

Recovery takes different time depending on the patient's body condition and surgery method but usually patient can have daily life in 7 days after the surgery.

We remove cast and stitches 7th days after the surgery and then patients can start washing their face and wear a make up.

Usually, there are minor and major swelling. On the 3rd day post-op, patient gets the maximum swelling which disappears in about 7 days. But there will be yellow colored bruise and minor swelling remained.

Normally, minor swelling goes way in 3 months so don't worry!

How long does recovery take after rhinoplasty and what should patient do for fast recovery?

1. Smoking and drinking alcohol are anyway harmful!

Patient must avoid smoking and drinking alcohol after the surgery. It's hard to stop for someone but it's necessary to avoid it for a month because it can cause inflammation or excessive bleeding.

2. Reduce swelling in daily habit.

It's important to have good daily habit which can reduce swelling. Alleviate your head above than your heart during the sleep and sitting is better than lying down.

The most important thing is doing exercise!

Severe exercise can cause problems so patient should avoid it for a month.

But light walking and stretching help blood circulation as well as fast recovery.

3. Ice/Hot pack at the right time

Ice/Hot pack is really good for fast recovery. Temperature should be different depending on the nose condition. For 3 days after the surgery, patient needs to do ice pack to prevent from bleeding and inflammation and from the 4th day, patient needs to start applying warm pack to help blood circulation for fast recovery. It should be around the nose area not directly on the nose!

Applying pack at the right time can reduce a lot of recovery time!