Recovery time for double eyelid surgery usually takes about 1 to 3 months, and the recovery time varies with different types of surgery. There are double eyelid surgery methods such as buried eyelid, minimally invasive double eyelid and full incision double eyelid. 1. Double eyelid with buried thread: the swelling is usually reduced in about a week to realize, and the recovery time is within one month. 2. minimally invasive double eyelids: the recovery time is about one month. 3. full-cut double eyelids: the recovery time is longer, the natural swelling is reduced in two weeks to three weeks, and the recovery time is around three months. If you have a scarred body and are older, the recovery time will be longer, up to six to eight months. You can accelerate the recovery by assisting, in the postoperative ice packs can reduce pain and swelling, every two days and then local hot packs can reduce swelling, you can eat vasoactive substances to accelerate the swelling, coated with scar removing cream, shorten the recovery period. In addition, eating less spicy food can also avoid tissue edema.