May, 2020

When Your Eyelid Turns Outward

By Millennium Park Eye Center
May 15, 2020
Upload: May 14, 2020

Sometimes our eyelids can turn the wrong way. This is usually due to the weakening of the controlling muscles and tendons that operate our eyelids. When the eyelid involuntarily turns outward, this is known as ectropion. When a person has ectropion, the condition prevents tears from draining from the eye correctly, resulting in irritation. At...  read more