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How soon after nose plastic surgery can you exercise?

I will have nose plastic surgery. How soon after nose plastic surgery can you exercise?

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Light exercise like walking you can start a few days after surgery. Anything else I usually recommend waiting 2 weeks. The key for rhinoplasty surgery is keeping the swelling down while you're healing. Exercising during the acute recovery period can increase swelling and postoperative bleeding. Every physician has their own guidelines so this is a ballpark figure and I'd ask your surgeon their particular protocol.
This depends on each procedure and the type of exercise, but generally speaking I encourage low intensity activity in the first one to two weeks and no high intensity exertion exercise for 3-4 weeks after a rhinoplasty, or "nose job"