For my out of town/out of country patients my preference is a 2 week stay in Beverly Hills/Los Angeles, with a 1 week stay being the minimum stay. The highest risk of infection is between 1-2 weeks after surgery while the nose is early in its healing stages. Sutures and a cast will be on your nose for a week, at which time my patients may fly home if they wish, but the incision lines will still have dissolvable sutures and remain a little raw until ~2 weeks after surgery. At 2 weeks after surgery the incision lines will be nearly healed, and makeup can be applied to the nose. This is the point that most patients feel comfortable going back to their daily routine, and feel comfortable going back to work. With autologous grafts (rib grafts) the risk of infection is much lower than synthetic grafts, and after the nose is healed there is no increased risk of infection over your natural nose.