Dr. Shervin NaderiFacial Plastic Surgeon specializing in Rhinoplasty & Anti-aging as well as Facial Balancing Botox & Filler Injections

Rhinoplasty Specialist from Virginia discusses Down time after Nasal reshaping surgery

31 May 2010 · 1 min

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Dr. Shervin Naderi explains typical operative time, recovery timeline, and immediate postoperative expectations for primary and revision rhinoplasty. He reports surgeries take about 30 minutes to 2–3 hours (average ~1.5 hours); patients go home the same day; downtime is about one week with the cast removed at one week; bruising and mild swelling are common while pain is minimal-to-none; makeup can conceal residual bruising at cast removal; patients can return to work/school after one week and should avoid gym/exertion for two weeks.

Questions this video answers

30 minutes to two–three hours

About 1.5 hours

About one week

At one week after surgery

Yes, patients go home on the same day after surgery

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Typically, rhinoplasty or revision cases can take anywhere between 30 minutes to two to three hours. I would say an hour and a half is an average time. The downtime is about a week. The patients go home on the same day after surgery. There's very little pain to none at all. Bruising is common. A little bit of swelling is common when the cast comes off off of the nose at one week, typically a little bit of makeup can cover any remaining bruises, and the patients at that point are ready to go back to work or school. I ask patients not to go to the gym for two weeks. Essentially, that's pretty much the downtime. If a nose looks natural immediately after surgery, nobody can tell anything was done.