LID EXAMINATION



The skin of the lids should be examined 
for any "lumps or bumps" or skin lesions. 
It is best to have the patients close their 
eyes and scan the lids starting with the 
upper lid from temporal to nasal followed 
by the lower lid.

Low (7 to 10X) to moderate (10X to 16X) 
magnification is used when examining 
the lids with higher magnification only 
used to study an abnormality.  If too high 
a magnification is used numerous 
abnormalities may be missed.