There are a lot of things that can happen to the eye that can make it more difficult to live life to the fullest. One of the conditions that can happen is known as ptosis. This condition is also known as droopy eyelids. It is when one or both of your eyelids droop without being under your control.
What that means is that although you can still open and close your eyes successfully, you are not able to raise your eyelids to their fullest height which can restrict your vision and cause you all kinds of problems.
There are actually several different types of a droopy eyelid. One of them has to do with aging, while another happens because the nerves that control the eyelid become compromised. There is also genetic ptosis as well as what is called mechanical ptosis where is something other than an internal illness that is causing the eyelid to droop.
Let’s look at the top things that cause droopy eyelids.
1. Trauma to the Muscles
One of the first things that you will want to look at is whether there is trauma to the eye. There is a certain muscle inside of each of your eyelids the control the up-and-down movement. However, if you experience trauma in the eye, and it includes trauma to that particular muscle, then you’re going to have a harder time raising your eyelids.
There are several ways in which you might have sustained trauma to those muscles. The most common way that this happens is that you are hit in the eye and the muscles are torn. This would make them have a difficult time raising the eyelid, and you would notice a significant amount of pain whenever you try.
The good news is that this problem can usually be resolved by surgical means, and it may even heal on its own with enough time.