Specialty
Oculoplastics covers medical and surgical problems of the eyelids, tear drainage system, eye socket, and surrounding facial tissues.
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Oculoplastics Ptosis
A droopy eyelid becomes a functional vision problem when it blocks the pupil, reduces the upper visual field, forces a chin-up posture, interferes with reading or driving, or threatens visual development in a child.
6 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Oculoplastics Diagnosis
Droopy eyelids can involve true ptosis, excess eyelid skin, brow descent, swelling, or a combination.
6 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Oculoplastics Eyelid Lesions
Most eyelid bumps are benign, but growth, bleeding, repeated crusting, lash loss, lid-edge distortion, or recurrence in one spot should prompt an examination.
6 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Oculoplastics Diagnosis
A new change in eye position, progressive bulging, double vision, restricted movement, numbness, pain, or declining vision can signal a problem inside the orbit.
6 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Oculoplastics Diagnosis
Ptosis is drooping of the upper eyelid margin itself. Dermatochalasis is redundant upper-eyelid skin that can hang over the lid crease and sometimes the lashes. They can occur separately or together, so doctors inspect the lid.
6 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Oculoplastics Diagnosis
Watery eyes can come from too much reflex tearing, poor tear drainage, eyelid position, or more than one cause at the same time.
6 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Oculoplastics Thyroid Eye
Thyroid eye disease can begin with dryness, grittiness, eyelid retraction, swelling, redness, pressure, light sensitivity, double vision, or a change in how far an eye protrudes.
8 min read · Updated Aug 1, 2026
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Eyelids
A swollen eyelid may come from a blocked gland, allergy, irritation, or infection. Pain, fever, reduced vision, and painful eye movement change the urgency.
6 min read · Updated Jul 29, 2026
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