 [ Symptoms ] i have a hard white bump on the center on my upper eye lid [ Disease ] the best to answer this is an opthalmologist who examines this directly but whitish painless bumps on the eyelids can be caused by small collections of a protein under the skin which is often harmless and do not always require medical treatment they often go away on their own or with basic home care however if an eyelid bump becomes increasingly painful does not respond to home treatments or begins to interfere with your vision you may want to talk to your opthalmologist about ways to manage your symptoms or to look for signs of a more serious problem