Eyelids

When the lid margin is turned inward, it is no longer the conjunctiva that is in contact with the eyeball, but the edge of the lid with the eyelashes or even the outer lid skin.

The eyelid is turned inward so that the eyelashes drag on the cornea.

Ectropion refers to the outward tilting of the eyelid margin. In this case, the lower eyelid is almost exclusively affected.

The most common cause is an age-related slackening of the eyelid ligaments and the eyelid plate, so that according to gravity the lower eyelid tilts outward.

Blepharochalasis is an age-related sagging of the upper eyelid skin. The excess of eyelid skin can cause a feeling of heavy eyelids and also visual field limitations.

Drooping (ptosis) of one or both eyelids is caused by paralysis of the eyelid elevator, muscular weakness or connective tissue weakness.

The treatment of acquired ptosis depends on the underlying disease.

In common parlance, drooping eyelids are also called drooping eyelids.
An upper eyelid lift is a surgical treatment of drooping eyelids.
Drooping eyelids are primarily a functional - protection of the eye - and also aesthetic issue.

In lagophthalmos, the affected person cannot close his eye completely, which is often due to a paralysis of the facial nerve. Lagophthalmos can be corrected surgically. Alternatively, therapy is carried out with the help of ointments and a watch glass bandage.