What Is Ptosis And How To Treat It When you look in the mirror, how do your eyes look? If your appearance is a bit sleepy, your upper eyelids sagging a bit or cover your pupil - then you could have ptosis. Ptosis is just a very fancy word to explain that you have droopy eyelids. This usually happens when the eyelid droops downward.
One of the warning signs indicating that you have ptosis is when one or both your eyelids are drooping. Even though it isn’t painful, it can be annoying since it will block your sight. To see properly you may need to tilt your head backwards and lift your chin upwards. Sometimes it is even necessary to arch your brows to elevate your eyelids. When you do this over an extended period, these moves may affect your neck and head. There are eye surgeons in London that treat droopy eyelids with surgery, but usually, ptosis doesn’t lead to any other health problems. In the majority of cases, it can be managed easily. The reason why an individual has ptosis can be due to genetic or damage to the eye, complications due to Botox injections or sometimes complications after eye surgery. Unfortunately, when a kid develops a droopy eye most of the times it can develop into a lazy eye “amblyopia”. This occurs when a child has poor sight in an eye because the eye did not develop normally. Symptoms of amblyopia include blocked or blurry vision. Then on the other hand, if it is treated early in childhood, it will not lead to long-term vision loss.