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What is the recovery time for upper eyelid surgery?

I will have upper eyelid surgery. What is the recovery time for upper eyelid surgery?

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Two weeks
Generally complete recovery time for upper lid surgery is 2 weeks
Thank you for your question.
Every doctor has his or her way to do the procedure and will answer your question. I only tell you what we expect if I do it.
The first couple you may have some swelling. I only cut the skin and manipulate soft tissue, your vision should not be affected. We don't worry about damaging any nerves there but I do need to control bleeding, so you don't have a big bruise. If you have bruises, it may take a week or two to resolve. I close the skin with unabsorvable sutures, so you need to have suture removal in a week. There may be some swelling in the morning for a couple weeks. At sixth week it should be good. But healing time may be 3 to 6 months or even longer. And remember each person is different.