The procedure is performed under local anaesthesia + general intravenous anaesthesia. The patient stays at the clinic overnight. Two days after the operation packs (a type of internal dressing) are removed from the nasal canals. Seven days post op modelling plasters are removed. The patient is not allowed to lower his or her head or do hard physical work for 2 weeks. 

In the bony part of the nose:
The procedure is performed under general endotracheal anaesthesia. The patient stays at the clinic for 1-2 days after the procedure. Two days after the operation packs (a type of internal dressing) are removed from the nasal canals. The plaster dressing and modelling plasters are removed 10 days after the surgery. The patient must use nose drops between day 3 and 10 post operation. The patient is not allowed to lower his or her head or do hard physical work for 2 weeks.