Most of us have woken up with a puffy eyelid at some point in our lives. Aside from being uncomfortable (and sometimes painful), it can also temporarily affect your vision. When that happens, you’ve ...

A swollen eyelid is usually a symptom, not a condition. It's very common and is usually due to allergy, inflammation, infection, or injury. The skin of your eyelid is less than 1 millimeter thick. But ...

An 8-month-old girl presented to the pediatric ophthalmology clinic with redness and swelling of the left upper eyelid. She had woken up the day before with the swelling, and it appeared to be worse ...

Of all the parts of the face, the area around the eyes is usually the first to betray a person’s age. Called the periorbital area, signs of aging like crow’s feet, loose skin, droopy upper lids, and ...

Question: I had an upper eyelid lift 10 years ago for baggy upper eyelids. I had a good result, but there was swelling under my eyes that looked like fluid bags and didn’t go away for a long time. Now ...

Allergic contact dermatitis is a T-cell–mediated, delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction to external allergens in previously sensitized individuals. It is more common in adults and typically presents ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Even though it is more difficult than the lower eyelid to evert sufficiently for imaging, meibography of the ...

When a U.K. woman went to the doctors with a swelling in her upper left eyelid, she didn’t expect the cause to date back to a contact lens she thought fell out 28 years before. An MRI scan of the ...

Imagine going to the eye doctor because your upper eyelid is swollen and painful. The doctor tells you it’s a cyst and operates. Inside the blister, the surgeon finds a contact lens: a rigid ...

If you’ve looked in the mirror and noticed you have uneven eyelids, you’re not alone. Facial asymmetry is very common. Unless your face is one of the few that is perfectly symmetrical, it’s not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 55-year-old African American male presented with a complaint of a swollen, tender right lower eyelid. The ...