Stuck-up eyelid, does anyone have any solutions?!


Question: Stuck-up eyelid, does anyone have any solutions?
i have an eyelid that sticks up like a string is pulling it up. It comes and goes. Eye drops have little benefit.

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The best thing to do would be to see a certified ophthalmologist.

To do this, you can ask your family doctor to refer you to one. An ophthalmologist will be able to give you all the help you need for your eyes' situation as they are the best in optical (eye) health. If the one that your doctor referred you to does not give you the help you wanted, ask for another referral to a different ophthalmologist.



The truth is that you are right to describe a string (muscle) that pulls it up. Its called the levator (full name: levator palpebrae superioris).

You can see it in this page on wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levator_pal…

There are 10 muscles shown in the main picture. The levator stands out because rather than attaching itself to the eye (like all the others) it goes further forward and into the upper eyelid. So this is the muscle or string that when you choose to contract or pull it, your eyelid will go up..

So right now youre saying you cannot lower (relax) this muscle? Well if really during the day you are never able to perform this function then maybe its an indicator of a serious problem..

Just to let you know this muscle contracts and relaxes in partnership with the "orbivularis oculi".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbicularis…


The orbicularis oculi is a ring of muscle that surrounds the eye. (nothing to do with the eyelids because its a ring of muscle that make a circle around where the eyelids are. This muscle when activated/contracted has the simple task of pulling itself tight to close the circle. This makes the eyes close (to wink or sleep etc).
Note that the obicularis has nothing to do with the raising of the eyebrows or the raising/closing of the EYELID (the levator muscle is the one that adjusts the upper eyelid.)

So If the orbicularis relaxes then the levator must contract (at the same time)
If the orbicularis contracts then the levator must relax (at the same time)

Its give and take you see. Both cannot adjust without adjustment in the other and both cannot contract at the same time.

So again. if really you cannot do anything to stop the levator from contracting (being pulled tight) then you might want some advice from someone.




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