Children's eyelashes grow backwards, parents must not do this!

Two months ago, five-year-old Yueyue kept rubbing her eyes involuntarily and often complained that her eyes hurt. After careful observation, Yueyue's parents found that some of her eyelashes were growing towards the eyeball. Yueyue's mother was afraid that if they continued to grow, it would harm the development of the eyeball, so she used small scissors to cut off the child's eyelashes that grew backwards.

But who would have thought that half a month later, the cut eyelashes would grow back, and even harder than before. Yueyue's mother was very worried, so she quickly took her child to the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University for an eye examination. After being diagnosed by Zhao Min, assistant director of the Department of Eyelid and Orbital Disease/Ocular Plastic Surgery of the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University , Yueyue was diagnosed with inverted eyelashes. Director Zhao Min said that Yueyue had mild inverted eyelashes, with only a few on the inner side, and could be operated on with a small incision. It is recommended that parents have a correct understanding of inverted eyelashes and treat them scientifically.

Dr. Lu Xiulan, associate chief physician, and assistant director of the Department of Eyelid and Orbital Diseases/Ocular Plastic Surgery at the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University, reminds: For children's entropion, early prevention and treatment are necessary. Do not treat it at will to avoid causing irreparable damage to the child's eyes.

01. What is inverted eyelashes?

Eyelashes grow towards the eyeball and irritate the cornea and eyeball, causing discomfort such as eye pain, photophobia, tearing, and foreign body sensation. Under the influence of long-term friction of eyelashes, corneal ulcers may also occur, leading to blindness.

02. What are the common symptoms of inverted eyelashes?

Patients will feel stinging in their eyes; sometimes you can see the whites of their eyes turn red, and they will shed tears involuntarily; patients with entropion often feel their eyes are afraid of light, feel uncomfortable, and always feel like there is something in their eyes and want to rub them with their hands; patients with entropion will have increased eye secretions; patients' entropion may cause their eyeballs to rub against their eyeballs for a long time, which may lead to decreased vision, blurred vision, and even blindness in severe cases.

Tu Huifang, chief physician and director of eyelid and orbital diseases/eye plastic surgery at Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital , stressed: If you find that your eyelashes are growing backwards, you must not pluck or cut them at will at home. This can easily cause infection, and the plucked eyelashes will grow again, and even become thicker and harder, causing more and more damage to the eyeball. Therefore, once you find that your eyelashes are growing backwards, you must go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time to let your eyes recover as soon as possible.