Though eyelid twitching (technically called myokymia) can feel disconcerting, the good news is that it’s typically fleeting and harmless. Nevertheless, when you’re in the throes of the mini muscle ...

Ticked off about your eyelid tic? Dr. Anthony Youn, a board-certified plastic surgeon based in Michigan, is sharing three ways to stop the pesky twitching. “It happens to so many of us,” Youn said ...

Hemifacial spasms happen when a blood vessel puts excess pressure on a facial nerve, per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). They can also be caused by external nerve ...

Q: Sometimes my eyelid twitches on and off for days – weeks, even. It’s distracting and irritating. How do I get it to stop? And should I be concerned? A: Eyelid spasms, while annoying, are “rarely a ...

Blepharospasm, on the other hand, can sometimes be genetic, and less commonly, is secondarily caused by a central nervous system disorder like M.S., autoimmune diseases, Huntington’s disease, or ...

You’re sitting at your computer when it starts — that annoying flutter in your eyelid that feels like a tiny butterfly trapped under your skin. Most of the time, eye twitching is harmless and goes ...

Little lid spasms are common, but they can sometimes be a sign of trouble. A slight tremor of the eyelid—the type that shows up without warning but scrams just as suddenly—is usually no cause for ...

Addex Therapeutics’ attempt to expand use of dipraglurant into muscle spasms has stumbled at the first hurdle. A phase 2a clinical trial of the mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator has delivered ...

Out of nowhere, sometimes your eyelid will uncontrollably flutter. Maybe you're on a date. Maybe you're at a job interview. Maybe now is just not a good time, eyelid. Typically, these sporadic spasms ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: As an avid fan of your column, I read with interest the past column from one of your readers who suffers from an "eyelid twitch." I believe that this individual may suffer a similar ...