Recommendations
Preoperative Advice
To ensure your safety during the procedure you are going to undergo with Dr. Pablo Casas, you must follow these recommendations:
- If you are pregnant or think you may be, you must inform us.
- Do not eat food or drink water for 8 hours before your scheduled surgery time.
- You must not enter the operating room with metal items (rings, necklaces, earrings, piercings, etc.).
- You must not wear makeup in the operating room, nor nail polish on your fingernails or toenails.
- If you take any regular medication, you must inform the doctor before your surgery.
- From 10 days before your surgery, you should avoid taking ASPIRIN, IBUPROFEN, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATIONS, and HERBAL PRODUCTS, as they can interfere with blood clotting during surgery.
- On the day of surgery, you must bring your preoperative tests, blood work, and electrocardiogram.
Postoperative Advice
- MEDICATION
- Take the medication prescribed in your discharge report.
- Do not take aspirin or derivatives for at least the first 10 days.
- MOBILITY
- Do not do physical exercise or major efforts (lifting heavy objects) during the first week.
- Contact sports should be avoided during the first month.
- Do not sunbathe during the first month.
- If for any reason you are exposed to the sun, use total protection sunscreen and a cap with a visor during the first month.
- TRAVEL
- From day 7, you can travel normally, including by plane.
- NUTRITION
- You may follow a normal diet.
- REST
- It is recommended to sleep with your head slightly elevated during the first few days to reduce swelling.
- HYGIENE
- You may shower daily, but do not get the nasal splint wet. Wash your body and hair separately.
- Perform frequent nasal rinses of both nostrils with saline solution.
- You may brush your teeth normally. Some bruising of the upper lip is normal.
- Once the splint has been removed, you can shower normally, wet your nose, apply your creams, and use your usual makeup.
- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Avoid smoking and drinking alcohol during the first week.
- Avoid blowing your nose.
- If you sneeze, do so with your mouth open.
- Apply ice wrapped in a towel over the cheeks, forehead, and lips during the first few days.
- Avoid swimming for at least 1 month.
- Do not wear glasses (prescription or sunglasses) during the first month. Contact lenses may be used the day after surgery.
- Clean the stitches with a cotton swab (ear bud) soaked in hydrogen peroxide several times a day during the first week.
- IT IS NORMAL
- For mucus to be slightly blood-tinged during the first week.
- To breathe poorly through the nose during the first few days.
- To notice the formation of crusts inside the nose, tightness, and occasionally mild headache.
- For bruising under the eyes to resolve within 7 to 10 days.
- To feel the tip of the nose somewhat numb and “asleep” during the first few weeks.
