When can you wear contacts after a transconjuctival blepharoplasty?

In our practice, as long as there's not too much swelling present, most patients are able to go back to wearing soft contacts at 2 to 3 weeks after their surgery.

Thank you for your question. In general most patients can safely wear soft contacts lenses after one week following a lower eyelid blepharoplasty. If a canthoplasty is done then I advise patients to be careful not to put undue tension on the lower lid for several weeks when inserting or removing lenses. If a patent wears gas permeable or hard lenses I ask them to use a suction cup post operatively to prevent stratching the eyelids. I would discuss this with your surgeon.