From a purely functional standpoint, unless your profession requires exertion and/or contact, normal activity may be resumed within seven to ten days after nose reshaping surgery. If it is important for you to maintain your privacy with respect to your surgery, post-rhinoplasty swelling will prevent your return for two to three weeks. In women, bruising may be camouflaged with makeup.
Jacob Gerzenshtein, MD, FACS,
A Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
