have a friend who 2 months ago got hit in eye by opponent returning tennis ball.
he is going in for surgery monday to get scar tissue removed.
i am far from convinced this is safest + best treatment.
not sure if laser is going to be used or a knife to cut scar tissue out.
has anyone any advice.
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He won't be having eye surgery without consulting an ophthalmologist.
Are we talking about corneal scarring?
Corneal scarring interferes with vision significantly because it unevenly refracts the light rays entering the eye causing problems with distortion and glare.
A lot of scarring will diminish with time after an injury, but residual scarring may need to be removed surgically to improve vision.
The cornea is nicely constructed in parallel layers so it is relatively simple to remove layers until you have a smooth surface, then healing will result in a smooth cornea again, not irregular, as with the scarring.
The ophthalmologist will have done hundreds if not thousands of these. Laser produces very fine results but good results can be achieves with a "knife" also.
If we are talking scarring inside the eye, then it is absolutely essential to have it removed before nasty sequelae such as retinal detachments develop.
Do not worry. I'm sure your friend is getting the right advice and is in expert hands. Ophthalmologists train for a very long time before they are allowed to do these things.
OK, so I scratched my eye about 18 months ago with a palm leaf, as in when they are still a sharp shard before they open. It still hurts when my eye is closed if I wake up too early/have little sleep/am tired.
Ideas? Scarring?
it is not corneal scarring + he says it is not laser treatment.
laser treatment is called lasiak, many on y/tube say dont get it done.
cut, burn + drug is clearly way of modern medicine.
it happened 1st week in september, so cutting or burning an eye does not seem good option to me.
he has only 40 percent vision in injured eye.
cannot find any info on net of cutting out scarring with knife.
a year minimum to let nature heal, is what i am going to tell him.
he goes in monday.
I know you mean well but trust the ophthalmologist. They know what they are doing.
They are so busy they don't do unnecessary procedures.
and sooner is often better than later...
If you want more info find out exactly where the scar tissue is.
many who comment + make videos on y/tube are in FACT scientists themselves, so if you want to hear other side of corporate mediSIN, y/tube is best means of advice.
cut,burn +drug is what modern mediSIN is all about.
money, money + more money.
i would have thought it best to give nature time to heal before putting trust in cut,burn +drug approach.
at this early stage [2 months] healing will not be complete.
many comments on y/tube scathing of lasiak [laser] surgery on eyes.
better to be safe than sorry i would have thought.
i find google best, and it returns both seabreeze and youtube answers. so you get a 2nd opinion
you say better to take advice of trained experts. tell that to the people who have had permanent eye damage done by this lasik treatment.
taking a blade to cut out scar tissue on an eye that has not had time to heal,it just does not make sense to me.
just got off phone from speaking to my other friend + he says no way would he have the surgery.
listened to trained eye specialists on y/tube say lasik is a definate no..no.
cutting scarring out with a blade, is that not damaging in itself to eye.
glad its not my problem.
windys info is well meaning + maybe spot on, depending on which trained expert you listen too.
my 2 cents worth is give it time to heal itself first.
thanks for all feedback though.
yeah, certainly wasn't having a go a windy, it looks she she knows what she is talking about.
he never listens to me anyway.
i agree 100 percent i am no very little about healing of eye.
i did watch clip on fox news of reporter saying there are thousands of unhappy people after lasik eye operations in U.S albeit out of a million or so surgeries.
most after surgery are happy it seems with results. however its the longer term period where more problems arise. dry eyes,vision getting poorer.
will keep you updated next week as to how his surgery goes.
unless i can convince him otherwise that is.
I had a headache last week and thought it might be a tumor. Now I have another headache today so I am going to the bait n tackle shop to get some maggots and put them in my ear.
Cos I always listen to people on the internet who have woeful spelling / grammar, and call themselves "BremboDaLegend"
For sure if one has an injury, then he/she should get professional opinion, perhaps from 2 different angles too. This is serious matter. I wouldn't spend time Googling too much on that.
As to corrective, non-elective eye surgery (which was not the original topic but came up in that thread), then some of the professionals are in a commercial conflict of interest. Not unlike lawyers, the guy who repairs your car, and so on.
Not saying they're not doing an honest job, just that... As to Lasik, the FDA in the US is getting into it. An independent study has found that the satisfaction rate was much less than that publicized by the industry. From memory, the number was 75% rather than 95%. This is almost equally serious matter.
Good luck to your friend.
tell him to get a gps and windsurfer and join the pit crew. all his worrys will be over once he is flying on a plane. and i think the salt water will cure his eye so thats a bonus.
advise i can give ya with with his scare on his eye is: well if it was me you would'nt get me going under the knife
, laser maybe, but no knife
let the poor boy go windsurfing and let the sun and salt water heal it, i say
