Retinia Detachment and Cosmetic Surgery on Eyes- Am I a Candidate?

You should be OK to have eyelid surgery after having had surgery for a retinal detachment. Just to be safe you could ask your retina surgeon to make sure. You may also want to have your eyelids done by an Oculoplastics specialis. Oculoplastics surgeons are ophthalmologists who have spent extra training in plastic surgery around the eyes and would therefore be able to tend to your concerns regarding your past ocular history of a retinal detachment. 

  IMHO, yes as any increase in pressure may cause a retinal detachment.  The eye surgeon that treated your retinal detachment would need to give you a medical clearance for your eyelid surgery for me to consider you a surgical candidate.  I have done this before and the patients had their eyelid surgery without complications or issues, so it can be done.