inky spot

Will the inky spot in my central vision  go away or fade with time?  I had macular hole repair and was told that I had a photosensitivity  reaction to the dye and the lights used during the surgery.  It was refered to like a burn of the retina.  I was wondering if  the retina ever heals from something like this ?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Use the search feature and archives to read the many helpful and informative posts on macular hole surgery.

It is far more likely that the retinal hole is causing the problem rather than light toxicity.

Most cases of retinal hole surgery do not restore normal vison but stabalize the situation and keep the hole from getting wider and deeper.

JCH MD

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THe macular hole  I have been told is healed  , My question is whether it is possible for  a retina to heal?   I am being told  the inky spot is because of the photosensitivity during surgery. No one is telling me I have a retina hole is that what I should be looking at ?   Is that a different thing all together ?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

If you had macular hole surgery you had a macular hole. Current state of the art cannot fix all the damage of a hole (can't make it a perfect macula). Except for the smallest holes and partial thickness holes most cases that are "successful" and close the hole do not have perfect vision, have distortion, abnormal Amsler grids, subnomral vision.

Clarify that with your surgeons.

JCH MD