After the surgery, and above all, during the first 24 hours, can feel the face swollen, inconveniences on the nose and headache, that yield with medicación. Should remain fallen with the high head during the first day (except to go to the bath). It will note that the problems around the eyes enlarge until reaching a maximum to the 2 ó 3 days. Being applied cold compresses will diminish the and will be found better. In any case, will be felt better than what can seem for its aspect. The majority of the swollen area will disappear in some 2 weeks. It is normal that during the first days a light one be produced bled by the nose. If it has plugs in the nose, these will be withdrawn in 1 ó 2 days, after which will be found a great deal better.
The majority of the patients that are submitted to a rhinoplasty are found well in 2 days, being capable of returning al I work or al school in one more week or less.
Nevertheless, themselves not some activities should be carried out until not even some weeks. Although their plastic surgeon will provide concrete instructions, some recommendations are: avoid hard activities (footing, swimming...) during 2 to 3 weeks, avoid blows in the nose and to take the sun during 8 weeks, be washed the face and apply makeup with care. It can return to be placed contact lenses as soon as want, but if carries eyeglasses it should take certain precautions. Yours plastic surgeon will go seeing during the following months to the surgery to see the evolution. If he had some inconvenience among visits or some doubt on what owes or not to do, do not doubt in calling him.
