Most people can get back to work about 5-7 days after an upper lid blepharoplasty. I’ve had one patient, an accountant, come in the morning for surgery, go to lunch, and then go to work that afternoon. I don’t recommend it, but she did it. I also operated on an ophthalmologist who went back to seeing patients 1 week later and operating on patients’ eyeballs 2 weeks later. If you can work remotely, you can probably get back a little sooner. If you have a very visually demanding job, like a bookkeeper, a nurse, a doctor, or an engineer, set aside a week and a few days just because your vision might be ever so slightly blurry, but it's usually not a problem.  I ask patients not to work out for 7 days after eyelid surgery. There are thousands of tiny little capillaries, and anything you do that gets your heart pumping can make the eyelids bleed more. After 7 days, you can work out. Just ease back into it so you don’t hurt yourself.