Lump developed 8 months after eyelid surgery. Can this be fixed easily? (Photos)

Lumps can often appear that be be related or unrelated to surgery. Some common causes of bumps include the following: chalazion (blocked oil gland), prolapsed lacrimal gland, lacrimal gland cysts, and hypertrophic scarring. I would recommend seeing an eyelid specialist to determine the cause.

This is not normal. Your eyelid surgeon likely barely has a grip on routine blepharoplasty. Asking them to fix something they have never seen before is like asking Christopher Columbus to navigate to the moon. At a minimum, an in person physical exam is needed to even adequately make an informed list of what it might be. Sometimes it is not clear until the eyelid is opened at surgery. It could be a trapped bit of fat, the herniated tail of the lacrimal gland, or something else. Whatever it is, it is not inflammatory. That means it is not likely to be a cyst and it looks soft not a hard mass. A reconstructive blepharoplasty is needed to open the eyelid at the crease where this mass is located. What happens after than will very much depend on what it turns out to be. You need to decide if you have confidence in your current surgeon to let them perform this revisional surgery. If not, you will need to find a surgeon you are confident in for this work.

Occasionally a small inclusion cyst may develop on the eyelid scar. This can be treated with a simple excision in local anesthesia. You should discuss this issue with your surgeon. Good luck.