Abstract
Hereditary changes in the skin of the eyelids are rarely observed. Epiblepharon<sup>1</sup>(folds of skin running horizontally across the lid), blepharochalasis (bagginess of the upper lids due to atrophy and relaxation of the tissues), and a condition simulating senile atrophy may fall into this category. Usher<sup>2</sup>found 21 cases of unusual appearance of the skin of the eyelids in the five-generation pedigree of the kindred of two first cousins with congenital entropion; in 4 of these cases the skin changes were associated with entropion; in 9 other cases there was entropion alone. He concluded that there is a hereditary factor responsible for the skin changes and suggested that the entropion is secondary to skin anomaly. <h3>Report of Case</h3> The patient, 32 years of age, was examined by me in 1947, when she was 20, and again in 1951 and 1958. She presented no complaints, coming primarily for refraction.
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