How often do you need to follow-up with your plastic surgeon after upper & lower eyelids surgery?

This will vary for each surgeon.  I usually see patients one week after surgery.  If they have any questions or issues before that the know that they can just come in.  If all is going well at one week, they usually come back about 2 weeks later, and then again a month after that.  If someone is having some with the healing process we will see them more often.     

It's true that every surgeon will have his or her own preference, and you need to be comfortable in trusting your surgeon's judgement.For early follow up (i.e. -- within the first 1-2 weeks) there is not much variation between surgeons.  The long term follow up is where you see things begin to change from one office to another.  I see my patients frequently during the first 2 weeks (usually about 3 times) to keep a close eye on early healing.  If things are going well I usually check on the patient again with a quick office visit about a month later.The reason for this is that the incisions have been fading nicely but then at around 6 weeks it is not uncommon to see a little thickening or redness show itself more around the incisions.  This is a completely normal phase of the healing process, but it's good for your surgeon to see you and be there to reassure you that all is normal.I then like to see my patients around 3 months and 6 months.  If the patient is not from out of town and it is not too inconvenient I prefer to also see them close to a full year out from surgery.