“How painful is a septoplasty?”

Depending upon the type of local anesthesia your surgeon utilizes, the pain can be very minimal. As the surgeons that you were interviewing this question. Robert M Dryden, MD Dragon NaturallySpeaking/RMD

It’s recommended that patients don’t participate in any kind of strenuous exertions such as exercising or laughing too hard the following septoplasty. Excessive excitement, talking, and physical actions like too much walking or physically straining themselves in any way are discouraged as well. Both antibiotics and pain medications should be taken by the patient as prescribed. In most cases, patients will usually recover and fully heal in about a week or so following the surgery.