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Nose Job Before and After Tips

Rhinoplasty, also known as a nose job, is a common cosmetic surgery that is highly recommended for patients who desire a more attractive nose shape. In addition to fulfilling the patients’ cosmetic purposes, a successful rhinoplasty procedure is providing patients with extra corrections for nose’s function, such as improve breathing problems. All these reasons made rhinoplasty surgery an optimal treatment for enhancing the nose appearance. You can get more details about the nose job procedure and its associated subjects on Flora’s rhinoplasty page HERE. For now, in the below article, we will show you what guidelines you should consider before and after your nose job.  Also, we will examine the nose job before and after photos to specify the improvement this surgery may offer to you. Please consider that most of the guidelines on this page are also useful for for both open and closed rhinoplasty along with other nose surgeries, like septoplasty, septorhinoplsty, balloon sinuplasty, and turbinate reduction.

Tips that you should Consider before the Nose Job

In order to prepare better for your upcoming rhinoplasty surgery, patients should regard some instructions. Your doctor should notify you about the Dos and Don’ts you should consider before your nose job. Though, we brought up some essential before nose job tips below for your consideration.

  • Don’t take blood thinning medications, like aspirin and ibuprofen for the week of your surgery
  • Avoid smoking at least for one month before your nose job
  • Avoid drinking any alcoholic beverages for a month before the rhinoplasty
  • Eat foods that have more protein
  • Acknowledge the side effects of nose job and how to deal with them after the surgery
  • Notify your surgeon about any disability or lesions you have
  • Makeup, polish, jewelry, and other similar accessories are not allowed while the surgery
  • Taking a warm shower is recommended before going to the hospital, it will reduce the anxiety for patients
  • Taking the medical photographs from all angles of your nose
  • Your doctor should inspect your physical health to assured you are ready for getting the surgery
  • Inform the doctor about your medical history
  • Inform the surgeon about the result you desire from your nose job surgery
  • Taking the required medical tests
  • Tell your doctor about your medical history (the surgeries or diseases that you had or have)
  • Select the required type of anesthesia that suits you the best
  • Don’t eat or drink anything for 8 hours before your nose job
  • Tips that you should consider after the nose job
  • Respect your doctor’s prescribed instructions

Tips that you should Consider after the Nose Job

According to ENT doctors and plastic surgeons, the recovery timeline after the nose job is very important for achieving the boosting result. As a result, patients should follow the prescribed instructions their doctor gave them after the surgery. You can see the common Dos and Don’ts that patients should respect after their nose jobs below.

  • Having enough rest and sleep to heal faster from your surgery
  • Don’t fly with airplanes at least for 5 days after the surgery
  • Ask someone else to drive you everywhere you need to go, don’t drive for the first weeks after the surgery (This is why Flora provides you with the free VIP transportation service during your stay in our country)
  • Use nasal saline sprays to avoid infection and remove nasal blockage
  • Cleaning your nose regularly after the surgery
  • Avoid applying makeup on your nose and the area around it during the recovery timeline usually takes 1-2 months
  • You can return to your work after one week of the surgery (if your job is not involved intense physical activities)
  • Be gentle while washing your noses
  • Don’t touch your noses, especially avoid from putting your fingers into your nose
  • Keep the body well-hydrated by drinking enough liquids
  • Brush your teeth cautiously
  • Don’t do strenuous activities, such as running and jogging for at least one month
  • Avoid intense physical activities, such as weight lifting and boxing for one month or so (boxing is not allowed for 6 months)
  • Keep your diet healthy by eating nutritious foods
  • Don’t stay out in the sun for too long
  • Avoid blowing into your nose
  • Tape the nose every 3 days
  • Elevate your head, especially while the sleeping
  • Put ice compresses around your eyes to reduce the post-operative swelling
  • Do not smoke at least for 3 months after the surgery
  • Avoid drinking alcohol for 3 months after the surgery
  • Avoid wearing glasses at lease for a month
  • Take baths instead of showers while you have nasal splints on your nose
  • Protect your fragile nose after the surgery by putting nasal splints for at least 7 days
  • Prevent from swimming at least for 3 months
  • Keep your diet as notorious as possible
  • Follow the specified instruction your doctor gave
  • Notify your doctor immediately if anything unusual happened

Tips you should Consider after and before the Non surgical Nose Job

Unlike surgical rhinoplasty, the nonsurgical nose job may not require special preparation before the surgery. Moreover, one of the advantages of nonsurgical rhinoplasty, when compared to the surgical procedure, is that it has almost no recovery time. Hence, patients of nonsurgical nose job will have no complications or difficulties in both their preparation stage and recovery timeline. However, there are some common Dos and Don’ts to surgical rhinoplasty that you should respect before and after your nonsurgical nose job. We gathered them in the following for you to consider.

Before the Nonsurgical Nose Job you should:

  • Don’t use blood thinning pills for one week before
  • Do not drink alcohol 3-4 days before the operation
  • Use arnica tablets to reduce the risk of swelling

After the Non-surgical Nose Job you should:

  • Avoid using any objects, such as glasses, around the nose for the first three days
  • Avoid drinking alcohol and using excessive salts for two days
  • Don’t put makeup on your face for 12 hours
  • Don’t take hot baths or sauna
  • You can apply makeup on your nose after 24 hours

Nose Job before and after Photos

You can see the before and after photos of patients who recently had a nose job to see how can this cosmetic procedure improve the nose appearance. As the pictures below show, no matter on what ethnic groups are you from or what nose shape you have, by getting the successful rhinoplasty all your nasal impairments will be treated. Also, people with different genetics can enhance their nasal appearance by receiving the nose job. As you can see in the below pictures, different techniques of rhinoplasty lead to a different results for patients. You can also evaluate the appropriateness of your surgeon by observing his\her patients’ before and after nose job pictures. For seeing Flora’s customers’ before vs. after the nose job picture you should visit HERE. We believed that after you see the enhancement our high skilled surgeons provide to our patients, you become certain for choosing Flora as your medical tourism facilitator. To get more information about our booming all-inclusive nose job packages, please contact us by simply clicking HERE.

When should I Call my Doctor after the Nose Job?

Some side effects that threaten the patients after the rhinoplasty may go severe. In these serious cases, patients should inform their doctor immediately about the problem they face with. After that, the doctor has to inspect your condition and suggest a corrective treatment for relieving the problem. For that reason, we prepared the following section for your consideration. You can see in which situations you should call your doctor to inform them about your issues after the nose job.

  • Experiencing serious problems in your breathing
  • Having severe bleeding in your nose
  • When you catch a high fever
  • Experiencing unusual aching headaches
  • Feeling stiffness in your face or neck
  • Suffering from intolerable pains
  • Having Nasal drainage

Last Word

Through the above article, we fully examined the tips that can help patients with their nose surgeries preparation and recovery procedure. Respecting these guidelines can result a more promising result from your rhinoplasty surgery. We believed that by reading the article on this page, you can get all the information you will need for passing better recovery procedures. Moreover, in the before nose job section, you can read the essential tips for preparing properly for the nose job. Still, if you need more specific information or have any unanswered questions, you can contact our online medical team. Our team of experts will help you through every query you are dealing with. You can contact us simply by clicking HERE.

Ramin Pourasadian

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