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Ectropion | Entropion | Floppy Eyelid Syndrome | Trichiasis
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Overview
Ectropion | Entropion | Trichiasis | Floppy Eyelid Syndrome

Ectropion

  • Ectropion is the medical term used to describe sagging and outward turning of the lower eyelid and eyelashes. The margin of the eyelid and the eyelashes revert (turn out) . This rubbing can lead to excessive tearing, crusting of the eyelid, mucous discharge and irritation of the eye.

E ntropion
  • E n tropion is the medical term used to describe sagging and outward turning of the lower eyelid and eyelashes. The margin of the eyelid and the eyelashes invert (turn in ) . This rubbing can lead to excessive tearing, crusting of the eyelid, mucous discharge and irritation of the eye.

Trichiasis

  • Lashes pointing to the eye

Floppy Eyelid Syndrome

  • Eyelid spontaneously inverts