Smoking and alcohol are irritants and are taboo within half a month after surgery. On the surface, you can drink alcohol after three weeks, but it all depends on your recovery situation. Drinking alcohol after surgery affects recovery and will not have any impact on appearance.

After rhinoplasty, you can usually go out and do activities the next day, and you can drink alcohol after one month. You can resume studying one week after rhinoplasty, but it takes 3-4 weeks to completely return to normal. If you want to shorten the recovery time after surgery, you must pay great attention to the postoperative care suggestions: For example, you should not drink alcohol in the short term, which will have a great impact on the post-operative effect. The specific time should be Decide based on your own situation.

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Swelling usually starts 1-2 hours after rhinoplasty surgery and reaches its peak around 24 hours. Methods to reduce swelling after rhinoplasty surgery: Apply antibiotic ointment to the wound after rhinoplasty surgery. If it is exposed without bandaging, there will be a small amount of bleeding. You can gently wipe it away with sterilized cotton fiber. Do not touch the wound with unclean things to avoid pollute. The wound will stop bleeding within 3 hours after surgery.

If blood scab accumulates in the wound, it can be gently washed away with 3% hydrogen peroxide within 24-48 hours of the operation, then washed with normal saline, applied with a small amount of ointment, or sprinkled with anti-inflammatory powder to keep the wound dry. , waiting for it to heal on its own. After rhinoplasty, rest in a semi-recumbent position to facilitate blood circulation. Do not lower your head for the first day to prevent bleeding. You can eat liquid food for the first two or three days and do not eat irritating food.

After surgery, you should pay attention to protecting the nose from external forces; be especially careful not to sleep on your side when sleeping to avoid squeezing the nose.

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