one eye small from a birth

[McSofy]

hi doc, I'm 16 year old girl from Macedonia,My left eye is smaller in compare to right eye since birth.My doctor recommended me to keep contact Lens.But the results are too slowly,perhaps i will need all my life to keep Lens,and they are too expensive.Can I recover with a operations?or something?...Please help me and tell me if this problem can be cured?.......I Don't now well english I hope you understand me..hier is my picture of my eyes..

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

1. It is very unlikely that anything can be done to help the left eye see normal. You may have microophthalmia or nanophthalmos which is an abnormally small eye.
2. The type of contact they are talking about probably is one painted to look like a normal eye, it also holds the left upper lid up so it doesn't droop.
3. The most important thing is to keep your right eye healthy and free of disease and injury.

Discuss this with your ophthalmologists.

JCH MD

[McSofy]

1.I see but indistinctly.
2.No.My doctor says that is not developed and i need to keep contact lens to look better and increase the eye.
3.is smaller than it should be and i can't see well with the left eye.

i want to know if it is possible to cure with operation or some medication?
..or i will neet to keep contact lens for all my life......
i hope i gave you the right answers.

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

Please answer these questions:

1. Do you see good out of the left eye (even if it requires a contact lens)
2. Is there anything else wrong with your left eye. It looks like it might have had surgery or that there is a scar on the side towards your nose.
3. Has the eye doctor told you that your upper lid hangs down too much or is the actual eyeball smaller than it should be?

If you can answer these I can give you more information.

JCH MD