How Long Should Blepharoplasty Results Last?

Dear Marie Properly done, the upper eyelid surgery is very long lasting. 10 to 15 years is not uncommon. When the surgery needs to be freshened up, generally the eyes are still in a better condition than if no prior surgery had been done. On the other hand, if too much skin is removed with the surgery, or the muscles that close the eyes are damaged, then these types of problems are also very long lived. For this reason, it is a good idea to pick your surgery well. A conservative... more

Maximal safe upper eyelid skin excision is usually done to remove eyelid hooding during your initial blepharoplasty. Further upper eyelid skin incision is not usually done if the first operation was done correctly. In time, the eyebrow sags, a condition called brow ptosis. When brow ptosis occurs, the upper eyelid can again become obscured. When this occurs the proper procedure to correct this is a brow lift. Further upper eyelid skin excision is not reccommended.

As long as it takes for the brow to come down again. In most cases there is no upper eyelid skin excess, it's just that the brow has descended a little bit. This matters because when it comes time for a redo, your brow may need to be lifted, and you may not have enough skin to close your eyes properly. I rarely do upper eyelids anymore. An endoscopic forehead lift, when performed properly (with meticulous separation of muscles) lasts a lifetime. Check out the link and... more

It is actually relatively rare to need to redo properly done eyelid surgery, even after 10 years have gone by.  This area can sustain further aging effects but the surgeries usually hold up extremely well.