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

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.