EXTERNAL PHOTOS I: ECTROPION
WE TYPICALLY TAKE EXTERNAL PHOTOS WITH A DIGITAL SLR TO DOCUMENT
CONDITIONS TO BE TREATED WITH COSMETIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THIS
PHOTO OF AN ECTROPION LEFT LOWER LID WAS CAPTURED WITH A
NIKON D50, 105MM LENS, AND SB-600 SPEEDLIGHT

AN ECTROPION IS A SAGGING EYE LID THAT LEAVES THE EYE EXPOSED AND DRY.
MOST COMMON IN PATIENTS OVER 60, THE ECTROPION IS THE RESULT OF A LACK
OF TONE N THE MUSCLES THAT KEEP THE LID TAUGHT AGAINST THE EYE.
EXCESSIVE TEARING AND IRRITATION ARE PRIMARY SYMPTOMS,
HOWEVER CONSTANT WIPING OF THE EYE CAN MAKE THE CONDITION WORSE.
THIS PATIENT WILL UNDERGO A blepharoplasty ectropion repair TO TIGHTEN THE LID BACK UP.