On average you can expect from six to ten years of improvement. Unfortunately the ageing process is relentless and after a period of years you will again develop ageing facial features including a recurrence of inelastic skin around the eyelids and perhaps weakened eyelid muscles-whilst usually only a minor recurrence, further improvement can be obtained by a redo of your eyelid surgery or other associated surgery such as brow lift. Another misconception is that you may age faster once you have had eyelid surgery-this is not true and although ageing continues post surgery, it is not at an increased rate.