How Long Does the Swelling Last?

Submitted by Meg Wilson on January 13, 2007 - 20:23.

If there are any surgeons reading this now, could you help answer this young woman's question. She posted it five days ago at AskEarth but hasn't really got an answer yet on how long she can expect the swelling to last.

Hi,

I'm eighteen years old and I just got a nose job last week. I look like a monster. I don't understand how this happened. I told the doctor what i wanted, and he operated on me, and i had to wear a cast for a week. And when he took it off, i noticed that my nose looks bigger and abnormal. I look like an alien.

He told me not to worry at all, because i am still very swollen, and what i see now is not the final result of my rhinoplasty and that i have to be patient. But i am really scared, i don't want to look like this. My nose looks abnormal. I wanted it to be thinner and shorter. Oh my god, i don't know what to do now. I know i have to wait, and i guess I'm still swollen but it just doesn't look good. He said that the final result of rhinoplasty can take up to a year. I don't know if thats true or if he's just trying to calm me down. What do i do??? Please help me.

How long will it be swollen for?? How can i speed up the recovery process?

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The above photo is by foshie.


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Rhinoplasty
Submitted by Annonymous (not verified) on November 18, 2009 - 17:28.

Yeah, this is my second surgery. The first time i had it because i was elbowed in my nose when i was young. It healed wrong and as i grew older it became extremely large and really just big and ugly. So i underwent surgery the first time. They took my cast off after 7 days and it was still so huge and ugly. I was angry and sad. The doctor gave me injections of this steroid to reduce the swelling and it was getting slightly better through the weeks. Then one day i became incarcerated for 3 years. I still didn't like my nose although it was much much better. I wanted my nose how it used to be. So i came out of jail, got another surgery and it looks like it was before the first surgery!!! But i was calm and i knew it takes time. Hopefully it looks better. I realize beauty and ugly is a perspective and society is our number one conditioner. Although i realize this i still want to play the game and look good relatively. Well its been 8 days since my surgery and its still big, so just give it some time alright?

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Nose surgery
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on November 18, 2009 - 17:26.

Yeah, this is my second surgery. The first time i had it because i was elbowed in my nose when i was young. It healed wrong and as i grew older it became extremely large and really just big and ugly. So i underwent surgery the first time. They took my cast off after 7 days and it was still so huge and ugly. I was angry and sad. The doctor gave me injections of this steroid to reduce the swelling and it was getting slightly better through the weeks. Then one became incarcerated for 3 years. I still didn't like my nose although it was much much better. I wanted my nose how it used to be. So i came out of jail, got another surgery and it looks like it was before the first surgery!!! But i was calm and i knew it takes time. Hopefully it looks better. I realize beauty and ugly is a perspective and society is our number one conditioner. Although i realize this i still want to play the game and look good relatively. Well its been 8 days since my surgery and its still big, so just give it some time alright?

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Nose surgery
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on November 18, 2009 - 17:25.

Yeah, this is my second surgery. The first time i had it because i was elbowed in my nose when i was young. It healed wrong and as i grew older it became extremely large and really just big and ugly. So i underwent surgery the first time. They took my cast off after 7 days and it was still so huge and ugly. I was angry and sad. The doctor gave me injections of this steroid to reduce the swelling and it was getting slightly better through the weeks. Then one became incarcerated for 3 years. I still didn't like my nose although it was much much better. I wanted my nose how it used to be. So i came out of jail, got another surgery and it looks like it was before the first surgery!!! But i was calm and i knew it takes time. Hopefully it looks better. I realize beauty and ugly is a perspective and society is our number one conditioner. Although i realize this i still want to play the game and look good relatively. Well its been 8 days since my surgery and its still big, so just give it some time alright?

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Scholarships for left handed people
Submitted by Leah (not verified) on October 18, 2009 - 00:07.

Hi everyone. When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were. Help me! I can not find sites on the: Scholarships for left handed people. I found only this - nursing scholarships grants. National scholarships of the university and a mathematics and equal scholarship did. Evening wear in the evening wear branch of the government, the results are awarded on winter and according as they wear across the scholarship. :confused: Thanks in advance. Leah from Chad.

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rhinoplasty
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on June 20, 2009 - 00:23.

OMG im going through the same thing!!!! it has been 3 weeks since my surgery and my nose is biger than it used to be!!! also, the tip is turned to the left!!! could it just be uneven swelling on one side??? i hope is uneven swelling not a permanent thing =( i have been depressed

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sounds like me!! i just had
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 21, 2009 - 20:32.

sounds like me!! i just had this done 2 weeks ago, got my splint/cast thingy taken off this week, i feel like my nose just looks rediculous maybe even worse than before...idk if its just the swelling or what? i hope its not permanent. my tip is uneven one side is bigger than the other, and one of my nostrils is larger on that side too, and numb. how did ur nose ever turn out? is there hope???????

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I am 10 days post op and my
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on July 10, 2009 - 06:40.

I am 10 days post op and my nose is so big!My tip is huge and my bridge feels too high. I don't feminine I feel so ugly. I can't help but cry and cry because feel people will comment and say I looked better before the surgery. I don't know what to do right now and I just want moral support. If you read this and are going through the same thing or went through this and have had great results after a while, please contact me at lonleygirl517@yahoo.com!

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Uneven swelling
Submitted by Rach (not verified) on March 6, 2009 - 16:48.

I hope your swelling has gone down now... how long did it take? I just had my rhinoplasty 2 weeks ago, and my nose looks very swollen as well. I am getting a little worried now... I have a really big lump on one side of my nose.. I'm really hoping this is just uneven swelling and not anything permanent!

Anyone else gone through this?

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I agree
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on July 31, 2008 - 20:45.

I have to say - what a relief to read this frustration from you. I just got my nose revealed to me today after 1 week as well. It's huge! It's so big - My husband tells me how straight it is -- Great, how about the size. I am sooooooooo hoping that the nose settles down. No one seems bothered execpt me! I don't know if there's hope, but at least there's someone else who has had the same reaction as I have.

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Your surgeon's right - it
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 20, 2007 - 06:22.

Your surgeon's right - it can take up to a year to see the final results. I had my rhino 2 months ago and although the noticible swelling was gone within 2 weeks I still have a tiny bit of uneven swelling. It's not noticible to anyone but me though. It gets better, hang in there!

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