When you wake up from surgery, you will have a dressing on the outside of your nose. This dressing is removed on day seven after surgery. Sutures are removed on days 7-9 depending on how the skin is healing. Patients can shower the day following surgery and start light exercise at 48 hours following surgery. Swelling to the nasal soft tissue can last up to 6 months, but most of our patients look and feel good at 1 to 2 weeks. Your final result from Rhinoplasty surgery is seen one year following the procedure.