The skin on the eyelids is the thinnest on the body and is blessed to heal very well. The incision heals over the course of the year, and the big milestones are 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Some patients get little bumps on the incision line that usually fade by 3-6 months but can be enticed to go away sooner with a massage or, if they are really persnickety, with a steroid injection. The incision fades over the course of a year. Some patients who have had keloids on other body parts and African Americans are understandably worried about keloids. But there have been no keloids reported in the literature after cosmetic eyelid surgery.