Blepharoplasty - How Long for Suture Removal? (photo)

I remove eyelid sutures as early as 3 days, and certainly no more than 7-8 days. The longer you wait, the more difficult it will be to get them removed, and increased risk of visible scar, though this risk is low in upper eyelid because it is well hidden.

Be assertive with the office staff of your surgeon.

I generally agree with my colleagues answers. I use only reabsorbable sutures in the eyelids so they don't need to be removed. However, I do trim any remaining suture fragments at 5-7 days. I hope that you will post followup and let us know how things worked out for you. I agree with the sentiment that you shouldn't remove your own sutures. Further, whenever a plastic surgeon leaves town we always line up someone to care for our patients. Hopefully that physician or nurse was made available to you. Stephen Weber MD, FACS

Eyelid sutures come in two varieties: absorbing and non absorbing. When absorbing sutures are used typically they are rapid absorbing types and do not need to be removed. 
From your photos you have permanent  sutures (they appear to be prolene) which typically are removed at post op day 3-5 in my office. I would call his office and ask them to make arrangements for your sutures to be removed.

I agree with my colleagues, get these suture out.  Call the office and raise hell.  The practice is possibly signed out to someone.  Perhaps there is a nurse in the office who can remove the suture.  Otherwise get a referral for suture removal.  Hawaii is only an email away.  The office can you someone to see.

In my practice I routinely removed sutures in 5 to 7 days. I would advise that you ask the doctor’s office to contact the doctor to confirm that 12 days would be an acceptable time. I would suspect that unless there was a clear indication for sutures to be removed this far out that the surgeon would prefer to have the sutures removed earlier. It is an option to consider having someone such as another physician or a nurse or related health professional who routinely performs this type of suture removal to perform this; however your physician should be kept aware of these activities.