Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

Mindfulness meditation has been shown to alleviate pain and may be an appealing adjunctive pain management option. Patients undergoing septorhinoplasty were randomized to online-guided meditation postoperative days 0-3 versus standard care; all received the same pain medications. Primary outcome measures included pain intensity, opioid consumption, mindfulness scores, and evaluative feedback. Twenty-one patients received guided meditation and 24 received standard care. No significant difference in opioid consumption or pain scores was seen with the exception of higher opioid use in patients with intranasal splints in the standard care group. Twenty out of 21 patients provided evaluative feedback; all recommended mindfulness meditation to friends undergoing nasal surgery, 90% reported it was beneficial, 85% believed it eased pain/ discomfort, and 80% believed it aided with sleep.