If you have a swelling around your eyelid, you must pay enough attention to it, and it is best to go to the hospital for a face-to-face consultation. Firstly, swelling around the eyelid affects the facial beauty; secondly, it is important to be alert to some bad diseases. The skin around the eyes is very thin and presents a rich expression driven by the eye muscles, so there is a high technical requirement for the treatment of swelling around the eyelids. There are various types of eyelid swellings, 80% of which are benign, such as common nevi, lid xanthomas, cysts, etc.; there are also 20% of malignant tumors, such as basal cell carcinoma, lid adenocarcinoma, malignant melanoma, etc. When a swelling is found around the eyelid, we need to know the location, size, etc. of the swelling and understand the nature of the swelling. Generally speaking, benign masses can be relatively conservative, and in the case of suspected malignant tumors need to be surgically removed. It is important to note that basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of eyelid cancer, which occurs in people over the age of 40 and is particularly difficult to distinguish from “moles”. For benign masses, surgical removal is recommended if the scar does not affect the normal function of the eye after surgery. In the case of eyelid masses, the mass is removed along with some of the normal tissue without affecting the normal structure of the eye. It does not affect vision, except in some special locations where the swelling may affect eyelid closure after removal.