[Column] After nose surgery, my tip looks too upturned. When will it come down?

Hello. This is AB Plastic Surgery.

Today, I’d like to talk about the question, “After nose surgery, my nasal tip looks too upturned. When will it come down?”

Shall we slowly walk through it together?

What process do you go through if you have nose surgery?

You arrive at the hospital with a nervous heart,

change clothes, wash your face, sign the consent form, and then ~

Finally~~!!

You arrive in the maze-like operating room with the guidance of a kind nurse.

Now, as soon as the surgery begins, you will lose consciousness.

And when you open your eyes, you’ll find yourself having woken up from a deep sleep in the recliner in the recovery room.

So, what symptom appears first after surgery?

Since your nose was opened with a scalpel and silicone was placed inside, will it hurt so much that you cry???

Or, since you slept deeply under sedation, will you be in the best condition?

Most people, as soon as they wake up, call out in a very urgent voice,

“Nurse~~!!”

And then they shout, “Water~~ please!!”

You probably fasted for a long time before surgery, and because the inside and outside of the nose were disinfected before and after the procedure,

your mouth will be extremely dry.

But instead of getting the water you want, you get a cold response from the nurse!!

“Please wait!!”

After surgery, your body’s functions are greatly reduced because of sedation.

If you drink water too early, it can go down the airway,

and because gastrointestinal function is still recovering slowly, vomiting can also occur.

So, just like before surgery, you have to fast for 1 hour to as long as 2 hours.

And one more symptom!!

Your nose feels very stuffy, and breathing becomes uncomfortable.

This is because cotton is placed inside the nostrils to put pressure on the nose.

Most patients hardly complain of pain after nose surgery,

but this cotton is what makes them feel the most uncomfortable.

Then how long do you need to keep this cotton in??

Depending on the hospital, it may be left in for as little as 1 day to as long as 1 week,

but at our AB Plastic Surgery, it is removed after as little as 2 days.

But some people say, “I’m so uncomfortable because of this cotton that I can’t stand it~

Please take it out quickly~”

And the answer is still??

“Please wait!!!”

You have to endure it.

Then why do we need to put this cotton in?

When you have nose surgery, part of the septum inside the nose is removed.

Once the septum is removed, the nasal mucosa inside the nose becomes soft and floppy because the firm cartilage is gone.

That means there is no solid support to help stop bleeding even if bleeding occurs.

The nasal mucosa naturally has many blood vessels, so it is an area where bleeding happens easily.

So something is needed to help stop the bleeding!!

That is exactly this cotton!!

If bleeding occurs in the septum after surgery, blood can fill not only the inside of the nose but also the bridge of the nose.

Then you will end up going back into the operating room~~

Alright!! Let’s gather our strength and just endure for 2 days!!

Once the cotton is removed, the major discomfort disappears~

Sometimes you may have a bit of a runny nose or feel bothered by boogers,

but compared with the cotton inside the nose, that is only a minor inconvenience~

And then the long-awaited 1 week!!!

This is the moment when the splint covering the nose is removed!!

At this moment, we start to expect a changed version of ourselves.

Once this is taken off, I’ll be able to compete with Cha Eun-woo~~

You start imagining things like that!!!

Ta-da!!!!

Now let’s remove the splint and look in the mirror!!

The person in the mirror makes you doubt your own appearance!!

A familiar sight.

At 1 week after removing the splint, the nose is usually at its most swollen.

Something puffy and large will be sitting on top of your face.

And your nose will probably look a little shorter, too.

Now, hold on a second here!!

At last~ today’s topic appears!!!

“After nose surgery, my nasal tip looks too upturned. When will it come down?”

We’ve come a long way!!

Why does the nose look upturned after nose surgery?

When you have nose surgery, the tip of the nose is raised, and then the philtrum area gets pulled upward.

It’s just like when we pinch up the tip of the nose with our hand and the philtrum gets pulled up with it.

Because of nose surgery, swelling in the philtrum area becomes severe, which makes this symptom even more noticeable.

So the nose looks shorter and more upturned, as in the photo on the lower left.

But as the stretched skin returns to its place and the swelling goes down,

the nasal tip gradually starts to look lower.

Roughly speaking, the nose changes like the cycle shown above.

Usually, even at the follow-up visit in the second week, most patients

show a relieved smile.

So if your nose looks short, what is the answer??

Yes!!

Please wait~

Surgery can produce magical effects, but it is not magic.

It requires the effort, patience, and time of many people.

If you calm the initial shock just a little, time will solve everything~

Alright!! Now, imagining my face competing with Cha Eun-woo six months from now~~

Goodbye until next time~~