Recovery Time

Written by Escobar MD   

  

In my experience, this point is the one that worries the patients the most, obviously, after the final results. We would generally be able to divide the recovery process of a rhinoplasty into two parts; the first would be the one immediately following the surgery, which is from 9 to 14 days.

After this time, the patient has practically no swelling or hematomas, the nasal dressing will have been removed, and he/she will be able to begin their daily activities without anybody noticing that they just had surgery. Even though this depends on each patient and each surgeon, this is the typical scenario.

On the days following this initial period, the patients will continue the process of bringing down the swelling, day by day they will notice that their nose improves continuously, until around 6 months after the surgery, when the changes become minimal. All this can vary, and in some patients it can take up to a year or a year and a half.

What influences this? Mainly the type of surgical technique, the surgeon's experience, the patient's skin type (if it is thin or thick), the patient's age, among others.

All in all, I could say that you will be practically 85% recovered from the surgery one month later. The remaining 15% will continue improving from 6 months to a year.