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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Of 133 procedures for involutional aponeurotic ptosis, 96 procedures (56 patients) were included in the study. In total, 12 patients (21%, 12/56, 2 males, and 10 females) had been identified as ...

There is no obvious cause for almost 50% cases of congenital ptosis. Usually it is due to an abnormality in the development of the eye muscles that elevate the upper lid. Other causes of ...

Ptosis is also known as "drooping eyelid". Veteran actress Zeenat Aman on Tuesday opened up about a health condition she has been suffering from for four decades. In an Instagram post, she ...