It is a surgery of about 1 to 3 hours, although the complex processes take longer, it is outpatient, with general anesthesia and in cases escogidos very few and structural changes, with local anesthesia more sedation.
This surgery is performed through external incisions or intranasal. Most of the incisions are made inside the nose, where they will be invisible. Structural changes are based on changing structures nasal bone and cartilage. Once ending surgery, will support some plugs and a splint on the outside of the nose to protect the new way while this heals.
Postoperative
The vast majority of surgeries are outpatient, namely that the patient can return home the day of surgery and comply with a treatment of antibiotics and painkillers during the first week.
The patient leaves the surgery room, in most cases, with a nose that mold is removed to seven days and plugged occasionally, these stoppers, according to the complexity of the procedure can be removed between one and five days later.
This is normal in during the first day inflammation in his face, as well as moderate pain in my nose and head, ecchymosis to start to dash from the fifth day. It is important to use ice cold compresses or neighboring areas in the nasal unburned skin, take analgesic and anti-inflammatory medication by the doctor, are also recommended to sleep with their heads high, pillows can be used for that purpose, not using eyeglasses the first 4 weeks after the surgery, not the nose cleaned house with flakes of cotton, not exposed to the sun the first two months, using sunscreen and avoiding high-impact activity like running, crouch, lifting heavy objects, for three weeks and be careful when withdrawing facial makeup.