Ectropion surgery is done by an oculoplastic surgeon, under local anaesthesia, as an out-patient. In most cases the oculoplastic surgeon will tighten the eyelid and its attachments to put the eyelid back in the normal anatomical position. This may require an overnight eye pad, followed by installation of antibiotic drops, or ointment, into the eye for one to three weeks. This is not a painful operation and you can return to work, or normal activities, within about four days. Whilst the eyelid is healing, the eye may feel a little gritty and ache at the corner, but after it has healed the eye will feel comfortable and there will no longer be symptoms of tearing, crusting, mucous discharge, irritation or redness.