Fatty bumps may develop on the face, known as xanthomas, confirmed the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH).
Another telling sign of high cholesterol levels include “greyish-white rings around the corneas in [the] eye” – this is known as corneal arcus.
Xanthomas
Nursing Times said these lesion can be tiny, or grow up to 8cm in diameter.
Common sites of these fatty yellow-tinged deposits usually appear on the eyelids, with the lesions taking months to grow in size.
