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This is very normal especially if your surgeon used an open rhinoplasty approach. Your tip will look a lot different in 6 months. Don't think about revision right now.

Some bloody nasal drainage is normal for the first 24-48 hours after rhinoplasty. Active bleeding that requires an intervention is very uncommon.

Minilifts are not one size fits all. It depends on how much you actually need to have done. Some people can recover in this short period. Most should allow up to a week.

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Surgery of all kinds is a controlled "trauma" to the body and that is what causes bruising. Bleeding is controlled with careful technique, medicines to control blood pressure and constrict blood vessels.

You need to ease back into it week by week. Excess lifting or straining can cause bleeding. Swelling will worsen as well. If you have had an "osteotomy" as part of your procedure it takes 4-6 weeks for the bones to set-heaven forbid you bang yourself or fall and push them out of place before that!

I let my patients use gentle cleanser (cetaphil) and moisturizer right after splint removal. Exfoliants and masks should wait for 6 weeks.

Don't worry you'll get what you saw originally when the cast was removed. The cast or splint applies compression to the nose and it is not uncommon that after removal without compression the nose swells more. eventually this will subside. Some patients do better by applying paper tape to the nose at night to give it some compression to speed the process. Ask your doctor if that is smoething he or she recommends.