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Squint or strabismus is an eye condition where the eyes do not align properly, resulting in one eye turning inward or outward or upward or downward while the other eye focuses on a thing. It occurs when the extraocular muscles, which are the muscles that control the eye movement, do not work together. Depending on the eye positions, the types of squint are hypertropia, hypotropia, esotropia, and exotropia. The treatment options include glasses, eye patch, botox injection, eye exercises, and eye drops. If left untreated, it leads to lazy eye, which is a condition where the brain ignores input from an eye. Surgery is indicated only after all other treatment options fail.