What are the types of ptosis and what are the contraindications of eyelid correction?

Ptosis is a condition that affects some people at certain ages. Some people are born with ptosis, while others develop it after birth. So what are the types of ptosis? Let’s learn about it below.

1. Congenital ptosis is a congenital developmental malformation, which is mostly bilateral and can be inherited as autosomal dominant or recessive.

2. Traumatic ptosis can be caused by traumatic damage to the oculomotor nerve or the levator palpebrae superioris muscle and Müller muscle.

3. Mechanical ptosis is caused by eyelid diseases, such as severe trachoma, eyelid tumors, etc., which increase the weight of the eyelid.

4. Pseudo-ptosis of the upper eyelid may be caused by absence of eyeball, small eyeball, eyeball atrophy and various reasons leading to reduction of orbital fat or orbital contents.

1. People with severe liver, kidney, heart, or brain diseases, pregnant women, and patients with severe blood diseases.

2. Those who have mental illness, psychological disorders or have excessively high or unrealistic demands.

3. Those with obvious scarring physique.

4. Patients with skin inflammation lesions at the surgical site.

5. The woman is menstruating.

Congenital ptosis is common in both sides and is hereditary, either dominant or recessive. The main cause is due to the incomplete development of the oculomotor nerve nucleus or the incomplete development of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle. The former is often accompanied by other extraocular muscle paralysis or epicanthus in addition to ptosis, while the latter is usually simple ptosis.

Drooping upper eyelids often make the eyes look heavy and unable to open, which makes people feel listless after staying up late or playing cards. Orientals have more fat under their eyebrows and subcutaneous fat than Westerners, so many people feel swollen and sagging upper eyelids at a young age. Of course, the reason for some people's upper eyelid swelling may be hypertrophy of the eyelid muscles. Such patients can improve their condition by removing some muscles and eyelid fat through upper eyelid surgery.