How Long Before the Lower Incisions Heals After Transcutaneous Bleph Procedure?

This is unfortunate because the bulk of lower eyelid complications arise when a the lower eyelid incision but through the skin and the underlying muscle because of damage to the orbicularis oculi muscle that helps hold the lower eyelid against the eye .  Open gallbladder surgery was the tried and true method but now it has been virtually entirely replaced with laproscopic cholecystectomy except in unusual situations.  Like laproscopic cholecystectomy, transconjunctival lower eyelid surgery, which avoids the skin incision, heals much faster than the tried and true methods and is associated with far few complications.  If you have already had this surgery, the redness of the incision will fade in 4 to 6 months.  If you have not had this surgery, you might consider getting some additional opinions including cosmetic oculoplastic surgeons.

The incisions on a lower transconjunctival blepharoplasty are on the inside of the lower eyelid and are invisible to the patient.  The incisions are sealed within 24 hours and heel quite nicely a week after surgery.  There is nothing visibly externally whatsoever since it is on the inside of the lower lids.  

Eyelid incisions heal very quickly-sutures can be removed as early as 3-5 days. However, chemnically beneath the surface significant healing takes 6 weeks for the wound to become strong.

Studies have shown that the average skin incision can take up to 7 months for the skin color to return to normal.