Q. My eyelids have turned out to be saggy. Is this something I ought to be worried about?
A. Saggy eyelids, known as ptosis, are regularly a typical event of maturing. The skin over your eyelids loses its versatility as you become more seasoned, and the muscles that raise your eyelids debilitate. These variables result in a slow hanging of the eyelids.
Some neurologic conditions additionally can bring about ptosis, and more often than not just a single eyelid is influenced. An illustration is Bell's paralysis, in which the nerves that control the muscles on one side of the face lose their quality. (In any case, this more often than not enhances after some time.) In uncommon circumstances, a stroke could bring about ptosis in one eye. At long last, some unordinary muscle conditions, similar to myasthenia gravis, influence eyelid muscles.
A physical exam can recognize neurologic causes and ordinary maturing. Ptosis is not a difficult issue unless it meddles with your vision. In the event that this happens, or if your saggy eyelids are vexatious, you can decide on restorative surgery to repair your eyelids. Plastic specialists, ophthalmologists, and now and again dermatologists play out the strategy.
— William Kormos, MD
Editorial manager in Chief, Harvard Men's Health Watch
A. Saggy eyelids, known as ptosis, are regularly a typical event of maturing. The skin over your eyelids loses its versatility as you become more seasoned, and the muscles that raise your eyelids debilitate. These variables result in a slow hanging of the eyelids.
Some neurologic conditions additionally can bring about ptosis, and more often than not just a single eyelid is influenced. An illustration is Bell's paralysis, in which the nerves that control the muscles on one side of the face lose their quality. (In any case, this more often than not enhances after some time.) In uncommon circumstances, a stroke could bring about ptosis in one eye. At long last, some unordinary muscle conditions, similar to myasthenia gravis, influence eyelid muscles.
A physical exam can recognize neurologic causes and ordinary maturing. Ptosis is not a difficult issue unless it meddles with your vision. In the event that this happens, or if your saggy eyelids are vexatious, you can decide on restorative surgery to repair your eyelids. Plastic specialists, ophthalmologists, and now and again dermatologists play out the strategy.
— William Kormos, MD
Editorial manager in Chief, Harvard Men's Health Watch
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