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Preparing for your surgery
Your surgeon will give you specific instructions on how to prepare for surgery,
including guidelines on eating and drinking, smoking, taking or avoiding
certain vitamins and medications, and washing your face. Carefully following
these instructions will help your surgery go more smoothly.
While you're making preparations, be sure to arrange for someone to drive
you home after your surgery and to help you out for a few days if needed.
Where your surgery will be performed
Rhinoplasty may be performed in a surgeon's office-based facility, an outpatient
surgery center, or a hospital. It's usually done on an outpatient basis,
for cost containment and convenience. Complex procedures may require a short
inpatient stay.
Types of anesthesia
Rhinoplasty can be performed under local or general anesthesia, depending
on the extent of the procedure and on what you and your surgeon prefer.
With local anesthesia, you'll usually be lightly sedated, and your nose
and the surrounding area will be numbed; you'll be awake during the surgery,
but relaxed and insensitive to pain. With general anesthesia, you'll sleep
through the operation.
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Rhinoplasty Patient Information 
Highlights:Preparing for Surgery
Pre-operative Instructions
Post-Operative Care
Activity Restrictions
Recovery Time
Resuming Normal Activities
Pre-operative Instructions
Post-operative Instructions
FAQs on Rhinoplasty
FAQs on Recovery From Plastic Surgery
Surgery of the Nose Illustrations
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