Initial rhinoplasty recovery takes about a week. At around day 7, you’ll have your cast and sutures removed in our office. After that, you can return to work, school, and most daily activities, looking and feeling back to normal for the most part. However, you’ll have several more weeks of residual internal and external swelling. Most people won’t notice your swelling after about a month, as The Aesthetic Society reports. It may take up to a year for all swelling to subside and your final results to take shape.