Q. I’m suffering from runny nose symptoms after nose surgery.

Hello. I am Kim Hyung-taek, CEO of Kowon Plastic Surgery.

In this answer note, someone asked a question about feeling uncomfortable because mucus was flowing out from inside the nose after undergoing rhinoplasty.

I am here to answer that question.

Q. I’m suffering from runny nose symptoms after nose surgery.

I had nose surgery and double-eyelid surgery on the 9th.

For the nose, I had silicone, donated costal cartilage, nostril reduction, and functional surgery for a deviated septum and rhinitis.

I have been wearing nasal packing for 6 days so far, and every time I eat liquids such as water or soup, something like mucus flows out of my nose... I’m having such a hard time because of these runny-nose-like symptoms after nose surgery...

Could it be that the mouth and nose are connected, so it seeps through the nasal packing and then soup or water can flow down into the nose?

Is this kind of situation dangerous?

From your question, it seems that after nose surgery and double-eyelid surgery, you have been wearing nasal packing,

and every time you eat liquid foods, something like mucus comes out of your nose, which is uncomfortable and worrying, so you asked this question.

Questioner, the symptom of runny nose after nose surgery is not a problem.

Because the inside of the nose has been blocked with cotton packing, that packing becomes filled with mucus or water, and when you move your nose or it gets pressed, it comes out.

It is difficult for soup to flow backward from the mouth into the nose, so you probably do not need to worry too much about runny-nose symptoms after nose surgery.

I hope you have good results from the surgery.

Source: https://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=7&dirId=70110&docId=384310969&page=1#answer1

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