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 ...

The muscle twitch creates short, involuntary muscle contractions, which affect tiny muscle areas that lie beneath the skin.

If you’ve ever developed an eye twitch, you’ll know how disconcerting it can be. But thankfully, according to ophthalmologists, that irritation is likely nothing to worry about. “The medical word for ...