10 Reasons Your Eyelid is Turning Inward: Uncovering the Causes of Entropion

6. Neurological Mischief: When Facial Nerves Go Rogue

Imagine your own facial muscles staging an involuntary coup, causing your eyelid to turn inwards. Conditions like blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm involve abnormal and excessive nerve signals that trigger forceful, repeated contractions of the muscles around your eye, particularly the orbicularis oculi. Over time, this relentless, overpowering muscle activity can literally pull the eyelid margin inward, forcing your lashes against the delicate cornea. This isn't about simple muscle weakness; it's an overactive neurological drive creating a constant tug-of-war that the eyelid's structure eventually loses, resulting in the persistent irritation and discomfort of entropion.