One of the most common causes of ptosis is aponeurotic ptosis, or involutional ptosis, which occurs mostly in older adults. Frequently rubbing your eyelids may cause aponeurotic ptosis.

The most common cause is age, which can lead to involutional ptosis, in which the muscle weakens over time. If your eyelids are drooping, it could be a sign of an underlying medical condition ...

Fatty infiltration of the levator muscle has been studied widely as a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of congenital, acquired and involutional ptosis. In 1986, Cahill and colleagues first ...

Ptosis in Adults Adults experience drooping eyes (called involutional or acquired ptosis) when the levator muscle stretches ...

To assess the efficacy and predictability of a minimal incision posterior approach levator plication technique for correction of involutional ptosis. Forty-four lids of 27 patients were included.

The purpose of the study was to report the outcome of posterior approach white-line advancement surgery for severe involutional aponeurotic ptosis. This was a retrospective review of an ...