Q. On day 7 after nose surgery, is it okay to rinse the nose with saline after surgery?

Hello. I am Kim Hyung-taek, the chief director of Kowon Plastic Surgery.

In this answer note, I was asked a question about rinsing the nose with saline one week after undergoing nose surgery, and I have come to answer it.

Q. On day 7 after nose surgery, is it okay to rinse the nose with saline after surgery?

It has been about 7 days since my nose surgery, and today I removed the splint.

I wanted to put fresh paper tape on the columella area, but while worrying about the saline, I thought that Renu saline might be okay instead of normal saline, and I ended up using a cotton swab with the saline used to clean the lens in the attached photo to rinse the nose after surgery.

Also, before applying the tape again, I wiped the incision area inside the nose with an alcohol swab. But after searching, I saw that alcohol swabs are too harsh to use on the incision area...ㅠ

I did not insert either the saline or the alcohol swab deep into the nose, nor did I rub it.

I only lightly tapped the incision area and the outside, so it was only a mild rinse after surgery.. It should be fine, right?

One more question: the hospital said to use 3M paper tape, but the pharmacy did not have a 3M product, so they gave me a different brand. Is there a difference between paper tapes? If it has been about 7 days, would it be okay?

Looking at the question, it has been about 7 days since the rhinoplasty, and the splint has been removed.

After that, while considering rinsing the nose with saline, you used saline for lens cleaning rather than normal saline and asked whether that was okay.

You also asked whether it was okay to wipe the nose with an alcohol swab before applying medical tape.

To summarize the question, you asked about rinsing the nose after surgery. Using saline is fine.

Also, with paper tape, it does not matter even if it is not a 3M product.

You can use it as usual.

I hope there are only good results from the surgery.

Source: https://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=7&dirId=70127&docId=384385016&page=1#answer1​

https://blog.naver.com/kowon_note/223330250577