When moving "eyes closed" slider..there are no eyelids

Hi there.
This one is really odd. All seems fine until moving the slider, to close the eyes, and the eyelids are gone. Figure is closing eyelashes, but it seems that the lids are totally missing. You see the upper part of the eyelids deform, when I close eyes, except the lids are gone. I checked visibility, all is switched on. Also I had done NOTHING to the eyes/head until now.
This is a animation project, and I was able to import the figure from a previous save, where eyelids are working,...copy pose, swap animation,...and so on. So all is working now.
But I really would like to know the cause.
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Are the lids there but buried in the eyes (try hiding the eyes to check)?
lol...yes they are kinda there...they are entering the eyes, and get invisible as soon as they cross paths with the eyeball.
Well I thought I moved the eyes accidentally, but the problem is that the eyelids are going in a steep angle directly into the head, not towards the lower eyelid. Even making the eyes invisible , I cannot see the lids anymore.
As said the thing is solved with a previous save.No changes to the figure, only first animation attempt. So I am sure I missclicked something,...just not sure what happened.