| Once the structures of your nose have been | | | | after the procedure. Most of the swelling will have |
| completely addressed, your plastic surgeon will | | | | resolved within the first few weeks after the |
| carefully close each incision and will suture the | | | | nose job surgery. However, there may be some |
| sides of your septum together. The meticulous | | | | small amounts of swelling that are persistent for |
| closure will allow for better healing and will make | | | | many months or even a year or more after the |
| nasal packing unnecessary in the vast majority of | | | | surgery. The most subtle changes may take up |
| cases. There are certain specific technical | | | | to a year or more to see following the procedure. |
| considerations that will call for the need of nasal | | | | The decision to have a nasal contouring procedure |
| packing in a small minority of cases after a nasal | | | | performed on you will be personal. You will have |
| contouring procedure. | | | | to decide if the benefits of the procedure will fulfill |
| After the surgery is completed, the nose will be | | | | your goals and if the risks and potential |
| carefully cleaned on the inside and on the outside. | | | | complications are acceptable to you. |
| The nasal structures will be carefully and | | | | During the consultation that you have with your |
| meticulously compressed in order to reduce the | | | | plastic surgeon, he and she will go over the |
| swelling and bleeding. Special tapes will be placed | | | | specifics of rhinoplasty with you. You should feel |
| on the surface of the patient's nose along with a | | | | free to ask any questions that may come to |
| custom molded nasal splint to further improve the | | | | mind any time before or after your surgery. Your |
| shaping. This will also help in reducing the swelling | | | | cosmetic surgeon will more than likely have |
| of the nose that will commonly occur after the | | | | significant experience in performing these |
| surgery. Again, internal nasal splints of packs will | | | | procedures and will gladly go over any details with |
| unlikely be used as these structures will be held in | | | | you. A nasal contouring procedure is a safe |
| place firmly with meticulously placed sutures. | | | | procedure, but it does carry some risks. |
| These sutures will always dissolve on their own | | | | Complications will be rare, but they may include |
| over time. | | | | rupture of small surface vessels of the nose, poor |
| The splint and tapes for the patient's nose will be | | | | wound healing, bleeding, asymmetry, infection, |
| placed there for roughly one week. A small | | | | changes in sensation (numbness), nasal septum |
| dressing will accompany the patient home over | | | | perforation (a hole in the nasal septum), pain, |
| the bottom half of their nose which will typically | | | | unfavorable scarring, changes in breathing, skin |
| be required only for the first several hours of the | | | | contour irregularities or discoloration or extrusion |
| day after the procedure. The patient will receive | | | | of the sutures. Due to the complex nature of the |
| specific post-operative instructions from their | | | | rhinoplasty procedure, a revisional surgery may be |
| plastic surgery office after the surgery. | | | | required. But that is unlikely. A nasal revision will |
| The splint will be removed roughly one week | | | | usually be small and will typically be a touch-up. |