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Eyelid surgery explained by someone who had it: what an upper and lower blepharoplasty fixes, what it leaves alone, the recovery week by week, and how long it holds.

Blepharoplasty, from the tired reflection to the settled result.

The waiting room

Readers of this site comparing notes: the ones still deciding whether it is their lids or their brow, the ones counting down the days until the stitches come out, and the ones far enough past it to be honest about the whole thing. Every account here is one pair of eyes and one operation. A thread that draws no reply for two months closes itself.

Lids or brow

Working out whether it is the eyelid skin, the brow, or both, before anyone operates.

Stitches and settling

The bruising, the dry eyes, the stitches coming out, and the slow final result.