Ptosis of the eyelids, adult

Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid-lifting (levator) muscle from the eyelid.

This may occur with age, after cataract or other eye surgery, an injury, eye tumor or a complication of other diseases involving the levator muscle or its nerve supply, such as diabetes.

If treatment is necessary, it is usually surgical.

Sometimes a small tuck in the lifting muscle and eyelid can raise the lid sufficiently.

More severe ptosis requires reattachment and strengthening of the levator muscle