What to do if children have ingrown eyelashes

Inverted eyelashes are a relatively common phenomenon, especially among the elderly and children. As for children's ingrown eyelashes, parents need to take certain measures to deal with them. Of course, if the inverted eyelashes are serious, you need to go to the hospital for surgical treatment to achieve good results. Below, we will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about inverted eyelashes in detail!

1. What is inverted eyelashes?

Trichiasis is one of the most common extraocular eye diseases in ophthalmology. It is mainly due to the abnormal position of the eyelid eyelashes and eyelid margin, which causes the eyelashes to grow backwards and touch the cornea and conjunctiva, causing damage to the cornea and conjunctiva. Trichiasis mostly occurs in children and adolescents, and can cause photophobia, tearing, conjunctivitis, keratitis, and even corneal clouding and corneal leukoplakia, affecting vision. Active prevention and treatment should be carried out in normal times.

2. What are the categories of inverted eyelashes?

There are four main types of inverted eyelashes: 1. Congenital inverted eyelashes, which are more common in children and often occur in the inner canthus of the lower eyelid; 2. Spasmodic entropion, which may be paroxysmal or may last for a long time; 3. Senile inverted eyelashes, which mostly occur in middle-aged and elderly people; 4. Inverted eyelashes caused by scarring inverted eyelids are mainly due to conjunctivitis, trachoma, and chemical burns of the cornea and conjunctiva, causing conjunctival scars.

3. What causes inverted eyelashes?

The causes of inverted eyelashes mainly include the following four situations: 1. Simple reverse growth of eyelashes; 2. Inverted eyelashes due to entropion, which can be caused by congenital, senile entropion, spastic, or scar factors; 3. Caused by children's lower eyelid folds, and some children also have epicanthus; 4. Eyelashes grow randomly and grow in a disorderly manner; double rows of eyelashes can also be seen.

4. What should I do if my child has ingrown eyelashes?

Eyelashes in children are a very common disease. In general, surgical treatment is recommended, but surgical treatment generally requires general anesthesia. Many parents delay the time of surgical correction as much as possible for fear of anesthesia risks. In fact, this is completely unnecessary. When the eyelashes in the lower eyelid are serious and persist, surgical treatment should be considered in time. If the child's eyelashes in the lower eyelid are very long, when the child looks down, the long eyelashes will keep sweeping across the surface of the cornea, which can easily cause damage or infection to the corneal epithelium. Repeated repair of corneal epithelial damage can form scars, causing high astigmatism and affecting the child's vision.