O.U. Column

Double Eyelid Surgery

2025.09.04

Should trichiasis be treated?

Epiblepharon is a trichiasis cause frequently seen in children (entropion in adults) because of excessive skin and the thickened orbicularis oculi muscle, and the eyelashes are pushed towards the eyeballs and prick them, causing foreign body sensation and watery eyes, so the patient would habitually...