What Can I Do to Keep my Eyes Moist After Blepharoplasty Surgery?

It is well written that we have specific post operative care. In fact, the most important is to keep your head elevated and use ice compresses for 3-5 days continually as well as moisturizing your eyes with lubrication. It is normal for your eyes to feel tight and dry. It is a normal post operative sequence.

Dry eyes caused by blepharoplasty should be temporary. Once you heal completely, typically within 2 weeks, the problem should resolve. I prescribe my patients artificial tears to use during the day and an ointment for bedtime. This makes their recovery process easier. Good luck with your recovery.

Thanks for asking - It is important to keep your eyes well lubricated after surgery for comfort and a fast result. I recommend to my patients: wetting solutions such as "Blink",  "Systane" or similar drops as often as needed and at least 3-4x/day if you have dry eye symptoms and an ointment type of lubricant at night such as "Lacrilube". Your surgeon should guide you on this and if there is significant irritation or dryness he may have you patch your eyes closed at night especially if they don't close all the way.

 

   After undergoing eye surgery it is not uncommon to have some dryness. The dryness experienced after eye surgery may be overcome either by using artificial tears or ointment. I usually have my patents use artificial tears for a few days . If this is not enough I add some ointment before they go to sleep This is usually a temporary situation.\Good Luck

Its not quite like making brown eyes blue, but after eyelid surgery your eyes can become dryer than normal. It is also possible to have overproduction of tears, though that is less common. A lot of patients will experience a little bit of dry eyes after surgery, particularly if you had a tendency towards dry eyes before surgery.
Thankfully, this is almost always a temporary problem. The easy solution is solution! That is, you can use artificial tears (drops available over the counter in any pharmacy) to add moisture to your eyes as needed. Some other things you can do are using a lubricating eye ointment at night (I like lacrilube) and in severe cases, some topical steroid eyedrops for a little while after surgery. Be careful if you choose to use lacrilube or other ointments because it will make your vision blurry until it completely dissolves. That's why I recommend only at night right before bed.
You dry eye problem can last up to a few months after surgery, but should resolve in time. The tightness will also resolve over time and is likely the result of swelling which gets better everyday after surgery. If you feel like you're not getting any better after a week or so, you should visit with your surgeon to be sure that everything is OK.
I hope this info helps!