How long is the recovery time from blepharoplasty?

There is always a range of what one would consider a normal recovery period - some of which is dependent on the type of procedure, patient compliance with post operative instructions (light activities, cool compresses, etc), and finally random chance. In general, the "recovery" from upper eyelid surgery is shorter than lower, ranging from 7 to 10 days. (The final result takes longer, as the thin eyelid skin will show edema [swelling] for months, but only such that the surgeon and patient will notice - it should be inconsequential in social encounters.) Lower eyelid operations have a wider range of recovery times, as the extent of individual procedures vary from very simple (transconjunctival blepharoplasty) to extensive and complex (multicomponent seperation blepharoplasty). As such, lower lid recovery can range from 7 days to a month or so. Make sure you ask your surgeon how long the recovery normally will be for the particular type of procedure that they are proposing for you.

The recovery time for eye lid surgeries varies from person to person.  It is usually some what from one to two weeks.  However, I have noticed that recovery time gets cut down to half once major anesthesia is not used.  Anesthesia cause a significant amount of swelling and bruising.  In our practice we have eliminated the use of anesthesia for most of the face plastic surgeries. 

The only problem is that there are not many plastic surgeons that are able to do all types of eyelid surgery without anesthesia.

In many patients, about 80% of the swelling and bruising is resolved by 7-10 days after surgery.

The last 20% gradually dissipates over the following 4-8 weeks.

2 weeks is a good amount of time to take off from work, but you can go back after 1 week if you're not too concerned about people noticing that you've had some surgery.

The recovery time for Blepharoplasty varies from patient to patient based on a wide range of conditions including whether one lid or both have been done, and the type/responsiveness of/to anesthesia. These factors impact brusing and swelling.

For most patients, they can return to normal activities in 2-3 days.

The recovery time from blepharoplasty is mostly dependent on the amount of bruising and swelling which occur. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell in advance how much bruising and swelling there will be. For some patients who are not concerned with other people knowing they had surgery, the amount of bruising is not an issue and they return to most normal acitvities in 2-3 days. For others, 2 weeks is a good time course.

In addition to the bruising and swelling, care should be taken for about 2 weeks not to get your heart rate or blood pressure up as this can cause bleeding. Unfortunately there are reports of delayed bleeding in the eye which can cause blindness.