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Oct 17, 2025

5 min

Do Eyeballs Get Smaller with Age? Unveiling the Truth About Aging Eyes

A common misconception suggests our eyeballs shrink with age, but the truth is quite different. By the time we reach early adulthood, our eyes are fully grown and do not decrease in size. The perception that our eyes are getting smaller is actually due to other age-related changes affecting the surrounding facial tissues.

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Oct 14, 2025

4 min

Can Eyeballs Shrink with Age? The Surprising Truth

While your actual eyeballs reach their full size by early adulthood and do not shrink, many age-related changes around and within the eyes can affect their overall appearance. This is the simple answer to the question, can eyeballs shrink with age, but the underlying truth is more complex and involves changes to surrounding tissues.

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