What should we pay attention to after bone grinding surgery?
Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital is a professional plastic surgery hospital, providing various plastic surgery services such as bone grinding surgery. Bone grinding is a kind of plastic surgery that can cut, repair and reshape the facial bone through surgery. After the operation, the patient needs to pay attention to the following aspects.
Postoperative rest and protection
Postoperative rest and protection are very important after bone grinding surgery. Postoperative patients should try their best to stay still and avoid strenuous activities. When sleeping, it is recommended to use a high pillow to avoid lying on the side pressing the operation area. After the operation, the head will have a certain sense of relaxation, so the patient needs to avoid stretching and lowering his head forcefully to prevent the operation area from being unnecessarily stretched. In addition, patients need to avoid severe facial expressions and keep their faces relaxed to promote wound healing. Within one month after the operation, it is recommended not to carry out strenuous exercise and heavy lifting.
In addition, postoperative patients should also do a good job in infection prevention and wound care. Keep the operation area dry and clean, do not touch the operation area with your hands, gently clean the operation area with normal saline every day, and change the sterile dressing every other day. Avoid touching water, makeup and strong light to stimulate the operation area to avoid infection and wound discomfort.
Diet and nutrition
Postoperative diet and nutrition are essential for the successful recovery of bone grinding surgery. Within two days after the operation, the patient can only take liquid diet, such as porridge, soy milk and other foods that are easy to digest. Patients should avoid eating spicy, irritant food, seafood and other foods that are prone to facial swelling, and avoid drinking and smoking to accelerate wound healing.
Three days after surgery, patients can gradually eat soft food, such as noodles, porridge, tofu, etc., but still need to avoid eating too hard and too hot food. One week after the operation, the patient can gradually return to normal diet, but pay attention to diet balance, increase the intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, and supplement enough vitamins and minerals to promote wound healing.
Postoperative recovery and rehabilitation
Postoperative recovery and rehabilitation is an important stage after bone grinding surgery. Although the facial swelling is obvious soon after the operation, the swelling will gradually subside over time. Within one week after the operation, the patient needs to apply cold compress every day. Ice bags or cold compresses can be applied to the operation area, and facial massage can be carried out in an appropriate amount to promote blood circulation. Within four weeks after the operation, the patient may have congestion, ecchymosis, pain and exudation, which is a normal recovery process, and the patient does not need to worry too much.
One month after the operation, the patient can start facial maintenance properly, such as using mild cleanser and facial moisturizer, avoiding the use of irritating cosmetics, and carrying out facial care and massage regularly. In addition, patients should also follow the doctor's rehabilitation guidance, such as not stopping medicine without authorization, prohibiting massage or other specific rehabilitation measures.
Summary of precautions
Bone grinding surgery is a plastic surgery that requires patients to fully cooperate and pay attention to postoperative recovery. Patients need to pay attention to rest and protection, diet and nutrition, postoperative recovery and rehabilitation. Reasonable rest and protection can avoid stress and infection in the operation area; Scientific diet and nutrition can promote wound healing; Efforts at the recovery and rehabilitation stages can achieve better results. In a word, only patients can obtain satisfactory curative effect and recovery effect in strict accordance with the guidance of doctors.
