Avoid showers and hot baths for 1 week. Sponge baths with lukewarm water are satisfactory. The hair can be washed anytime. Swelling and bruising varies between individuals. Most individuals are back to normal social functioning within 10 days.
Prescriptions given post-op are for pain, and possibly for the reduction of swelling.
If any problems or questions arise, please call the office. Be VERY careful brushing your teeth, brush gently to avoid causing injury to the stitches in your gum line. The stitches in your mouth are dissolvable, so they don't need to be removed.