Dark spot on the Eyelid

 

 

Submitted by urowav on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 21:55
Country
United States
Age
25
Gender
Male
Did you perform any surgery for the eyes?
No
Do you suffer from pre-existing illnesses in the eye?
No
Do you suffer from any diseases in the body?
No
Do you use any eye drops?
No
Do you wear Contact lenses or Eyeglasses?

I have myopia and astigmatism.

Question

 

 

Hi,

I have noticed a dark spot on my upper eyelid. I have attached a picture; I am not referring to the brown mole/freckle. Do you know what it can be? I cannot inspect the inside of my eyelid to see if it's there.

However, I do know that it's part of the skin (i.e.  it's not from looking at the pupil)

Thanks

 

Answer

Thanks for your Question

Can you please attach another pic on the comment and point to the dark spot that you are asking about.

 

 

Picture of the spot on eyelid.

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Brown discoloration in the upper eyelid

 

 

 

It's difficult to get a good picture as it's a bit faint. Some updates: I was able to check beneath the lid, and there's no discoloration there (I was concerned about having a quickly growing mole as I have family history of melanoma; I will be continuing to watch to make sure it doesn't grow).

The most likely explanation I currently have (beyond hyperpigmentation beginning to occur) is it's my eyelashes being visible through the thin skin of my eyelids. As for why this only recently occurred, I don't know.

Does that sound reasonable? It's visible outside of pictures too, so I don't think it's the lighting messing with the camera.

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It is insignificant discoloration and i won't worry about that. You just have to observe it for any signs of growth, color change, vascularity, hard consistency, pain and changes in the surrounding eyelid and eyelid margin.



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