Upper Blepharoplasty Recovery Time

The short version

How long does upper blepharoplasty take to heal?

In the figures Rewind publishes

Rewind records suture removal at about five to seven days after upper blepharoplasty, and bruising and swelling that usually stabilise within one to two weeks, with individual variation. For about a month after surgery the operated area should not be pulled hard, and alcohol, smoking and saunas are avoided for a period because they slow healing. The incision sits inside the crease and becomes less visible as the fold settles, at a pace that differs from one person to the next.

They are taken from Rewind's own Korean upper-lid page and from the aftercare sheet the clinic issues after incisional upper-lid surgery. Neither source gives a date for returning to work, exercise or flying, so this page does not invent one; those are set at your consultation.

When are the sutures removed in Korea? At the clinic, at about five to seven days after the operation, and this is the fixed point every travel plan for the surgery has to include. Until that visit the stitches hold a line placed in the fold of the lid, and the clinic's sheet asks for it to be kept clean against infection and left unrubbed.

Healing and looking finished run on different clocks. The stitches are out within about a week and the bruising has usually faded within a fortnight, yet the fold goes on softening for longer, and the durability Rewind records for the operation, usually more than five years, depends on the tissue and on how much surgery was done. This page separates those clocks so that each date is planned for what it is.

Stage by stage

Upper blepharoplasty recovery timeline, from the operating day to the end of the first month

The stages below use only the dates Rewind publishes. Where the clinic gives no date, the stage says so.

01Surgery

The lid is closed along its fold

The operation ends with the septum secured and the incision closed inside the crease line. Rewind publishes no anaesthetic type or operating time for this surgery, so both are explained at your consultation.

02First days

Clean, unrubbed and rested

The first days are about protecting the fresh line: keeping it clean, leaving it unrubbed and letting the eyes rest. Bruising and swelling belong to this stage and are expected.

03Day 5 to 7

Suture removal at the clinic

Rewind records suture removal at about five to seven days. The visit happens in person in Apgujeong, and it is the appointment around which the rest of a travel plan is built.

04Weeks 1 to 2

Bruising and swelling stabilise

The clinic's figure for bruising and swelling is usually one to two weeks, with individual variation. The fold can look higher and fuller while this is happening.

05Month 1

The pulling restriction ends

For about a month the operated area should not be pulled hard, and alcohol, smoking and saunas stay out for a period. After that, the line keeps growing less visible as the crease settles.

Pricing

Upper blepharoplasty cost in Seoul, and what each added line means for recovery

The rate covers the operation; the recovery is planned around it. When another procedure joins the same session, more than one area heals at once, and the stay is set with that in mind.

Listed rates, VAT excluded, with the anaesthetic fee included in each. How long you need to stay in Seoul is part of the quotation discussion, since the operation date fixes the suture visit.

Stay and return

Planning a stay in Seoul around upper blepharoplasty recovery

The only fixed date in this recovery is the suture visit. Everything else follows the lid, and the plan below is built around that single appointment.

Rewind's sheet gives no specific date for flying, exercise or returning to work after this operation. Those are answered at your consultation and at the suture visit, based on how your lids are healing. Increasing pain, redness spreading from the line or any change in vision is a reason to contact the clinic without waiting for the next appointment.

Questions

Upper blepharoplasty recovery: questions from patients travelling to Seoul