--- title: "Excess eyelid skin removal waiting times in Victoria" description: "Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by median wait for Excess eyelid skin removal in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/blepharoplasty/vic/" --- # Excess eyelid skin removal waiting times in Victoria The median wait for excess eyelid skin removal in Victoria public hospitals was **189 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **246 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Blepharoplasty". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 19 public hospitals in Victoria reported excess eyelid skin removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Blepharoplasty" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 13 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 246 days marks the national median. - [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/blepharoplasty/): 85 days - [The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-royal-victorian-eye-ear-hospital/blepharoplasty/): 121 days - [University Hospital Geelong](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/university-hospital-geelong/blepharoplasty/): 147 days - [Broadmeadows Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broadmeadows-health-service/blepharoplasty/): 154 days - [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/blepharoplasty/): 247 days - [Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cranbourne-integrated-care-centre/blepharoplasty/): 347 days - [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Bass Coast Health](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bass-coast-health/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Blackburn Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blackburn-public-surgical-centre/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Casey Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casey-hospital/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Dandenong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dandenong-hospital/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Frankston Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-public-surgical-centre/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital \[Heidelberg West\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/heidelberg-repatriation-hospital-heidelberg-west/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Sunshine Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-hospital/blepharoplasty/): not published - [Yarra Ranges Health](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/yarra-ranges-health/blepharoplasty/): not published Blepharoplasty in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/blepharoplasty/) | 85 days | not published | 19 surgeries | | 2 | [The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-royal-victorian-eye-ear-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | 121 days | not published | 37 surgeries | | 3 | [University Hospital Geelong](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/university-hospital-geelong/blepharoplasty/) | 147 days | not published | 36 surgeries | | 4 | [Broadmeadows Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broadmeadows-health-service/blepharoplasty/) | 154 days | not published | 20 surgeries | | 5 | [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/blepharoplasty/) | 247 days | not published | 11 surgeries | | 6 | [Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cranbourne-integrated-care-centre/blepharoplasty/) | 347 days | not published | 42 surgeries | | unranked | [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bass Coast Health](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bass-coast-health/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Blackburn Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blackburn-public-surgical-centre/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Casey Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casey-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Dandenong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dandenong-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Frankston Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-public-surgical-centre/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital \[Heidelberg West\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/heidelberg-repatriation-hospital-heidelberg-west/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Sunshine Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Yarra Ranges Health](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/yarra-ranges-health/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | **Cite this page** > The median wait for excess eyelid skin removal in Victoria public hospitals was 189 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Excess eyelid skin removal waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/blepharoplasty/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/blepharoplasty/vic/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/blepharoplasty/vic/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/blepharoplasty/), or see [every surgery reported in Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/state/vic/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. 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