You can expect to see the results of your functional blepharoplasty procedure on the same day you have your surgery. Your eyes may look swollen and red or bruised, but the skin that had been drooping over your eyelashes will be gone. Your surgical side effects will gradually fade as inflammation resolves. This allows you to notice continued improvement day after day. While the majority of tissue recovery occurs during the first two weeks after surgery, it can take a full six weeks for the final results of your procedure to become evident. It can take a full year for your surgical scars to fully mature. However, the tiny incision scars tend to fade nicely within several weeks.