How to Get Rid of Eyelid Drooping

Drooping eyelids can impair your vision and make you look tired. Some people are born with this problem, while others develop it later in life. The condition, also known as ptosis, can affect one or both eyes. It can worsen over time, stay constant, or come and go. Whether your sagging eyelids are due to nerve injury or the natural aging process, eliminating the condition requires seeking treatment and making various lifestyle adjustments.

Things You'll Need

• Bandage tape -- hypo-allergenic and translucent, available at drug stores
• Eyeglasses with a padded wire, added by an optometrist

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Instructions

• 1

  Get at least 8 hours of sleep per night, because fatigue and tiredness can cause your eyelids to droop. Schedule your time to help you get the amount of sleep needed -- going to bed at the same time each night and waking up at the same time each morning.

• 2

  Limit your alcohol consumption and avoid cigarette smoke. Drinking too much alcohol and residing in smoke-filled areas can cause eyestrain and irritation.

• 3

  Use translucent, hypo-allergenic bandage tape to open up your eyelid. Cut off a 1/4-inch piece of tape. With your index fingertip placed at the outer corner of your eye, slightly lift the loose skin. Place the tape on your eyelid to hold it up. Leave enough room so you can comfortably blink your eye.

• 4

  Wear adjusted eyeglasses to keep your eyelid from drooping. Have your optometrist add a padded wire on the inside of your spectacles. Traction of the padded wire stops your eyelid from drooping.

• 5

  Undergo surgery to tighten the muscles that lift your eyelid. Corrective eyelid surgery can improve your vision and appearance. It's often performed by a plastic surgeon and must be done only upon a doctor's recommendation.