How Sucessful and Painful is an Eye Bag Removal/upper Eyelift & How Long Recovery?

Eyelid surgery, in general, is not a painful operation/recovery as most people only need tylenol for the first day.  Almost all of the brusing and most of the swelling is resolved by 2 weeks after surgery.  Complete healing can take longer, depending on type of surgery. Consult an oculoplastic surgeon.

is one of the more common cosmetic and functional surgeries. Postoperatively you will have mild to moderate discomfort, and brusing/swelling that lasts 1-2 weeks.

Some patients [especially older patients] will tend to have swelling that may even last a few weeks to a couple of months.

An eye bag removal or upper eyelift procedure is also known as a blepharoplasty.  This procedure is very common and usually the results are great.  There is minimal to no pain and the patient often takes no pain medicine at all.  The stitches begin to dissolve in 3-5 days and the most patients recover in 7-10 days.  Eyelid surgery is great in that you can really rejuvenate your appearance and remove the tired appearance you may have with a relatively quick, painless procedure.  Be sure to see a board certified facial plastic or plastic surgeon who has a lot of experience in eyelid surgery.

Upper and lower blepharoplasty recovery and pain is minimal. I had mine done and took a tylenol and was seeing patients the next day. Of course the bruising took a week to go away.

Maggie

Eyelid surgery is so comfortable, it can be performed under local anesthesia.  Minimal pain medication is needed the first night.  After that narcotic is not typically needed.  Bruising and swelling are common.  Typically it is about 10 days before you are at a point were others do not ask you what you have just had done.  Generally, I let my patients return to work as soon as they feel able.  For a desk job where they are not in the public eye, that can be a week later.  If you are doing physical work, I delay to 10 to 14 days.  Vigorous physical exertion can resume at 21 days.  It is common to have subtle swelling of the eyelid until about 2 months after surgery.