Important Recommendations After Surgery

1- Keep your head elevated, apply cold compresses beside the nose and under the eyes for at least 48 hours after surgery, avoid excessive talking, and refrain from heavy movements to reduce swelling.

2- Drink milk and juice during the first 24 hours after surgery. Then gradually consume blended food and later regular meals. Avoid hard foods requiring chewing (such as carrots, apples) for one week.

3- Limit salty, fatty, sour, and spicy foods.

4- Drink natural juices and take prescribed medications starting the night after surgery. (Do not take medications on an empty stomach.)

5- In the first one to two weeks, nasal swelling and secretions may make breathing difficult. Washing and suctioning help. (After washing, you may clean secretions at the nostril opening with a cotton swab, but do not insert it inside the nose to avoid mucosal injury and bleeding.)

6- Tetracycline ointment is used to lubricate inside the nose and on stitches; keep the nose lubricated after washing.

7- Do not blow your nose for one month after surgery.

8- If you have bloody discharge, in addition to elevating your head and using cold compresses, put five drops of phenylephrine or naphazoline nasal drops on a small piece of cotton, roll it, gently insert it into the nostril, and remove after five minutes.

9- Bruising around the nose and eyes may occur within two to three days if you strain, fail to use cold compresses adequately, or talk excessively. This is not a cause for concern.

10- Absolute bed rest is not required; you may sit and walk.

11- If you have a cold vapor humidifier at home, use it especially during sleep to ease breathing.

12- Straining, exercise, sexual activity, and lifting heavy objects are prohibited for three weeks after surgery.

13- Proper and timely tape replacement helps reduce swelling but does not affect the final shape of the nose.

14- Be very careful to avoid any trauma to the nose, especially in the first weeks after surgery.

15- Sleep on your back with your head elevated for the first two weeks after surgery.

16- If you are a smoker, it is better not to undergo surgery. If you do, you must avoid smoking for at least one month after.

17- To remove the nasal cast, visit the clinic between five days to one week after surgery. (Before visiting, take a shower so the cast loosens completely.)

18- Please schedule your clinic visit with the secretary in advance.
Post-operative medications and usage:
Cephalexin capsule: every 6 hours
Gelofen capsule: every 8 hours
Prednisolone tablet: every 8 hours
Phenylephrine nasal drops: every 8 hours, 2 drops in each nostril
Saline wash: every 8 hours (start the day after surgery)
Tetracycline ointment: every night inside the nose and on stitches

19- Begin all medications the night of surgery; start nasal washing the morning after.