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Eye Care (Expert Forum)
Different in eye ball size
Answered by
Michael J Kutryb, MD - Ophthalmology, Cataract Surgery, glaucoma, Laser Vision Correct
Kutryb Eye Institute - Titusville
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Different in eye ball size
by sm26, Apr 28, 2008 02:51PM
I have the following problem.
1. When i was 5 yr old i had developed qlaucoma in my right eye due to port wine stain in my forehead.
2.Now the eye sight in my right eye is very very less close to 10% only.
3.Im undergoing through laser treatment for my port wine stain and now it has been reduced to 95% after 4 sessions.
4. I ve also done a eye lid surgery for my eye beacuse it used to look bigger than my left eye.
But as my right eye ball is larger than left one so it is still prominent.
Can you advice some cosmetic surgery to reduce my eye ball size or any other means which can solve this problem and can anything be done to improve the eye sight.
Details :
Female
Age-24
Working
1. When i was 5 yr old i had developed qlaucoma in my right eye due to port wine stain in my forehead.
2.Now the eye sight in my right eye is very very less close to 10% only.
3.Im undergoing through laser treatment for my port wine stain and now it has been reduced to 95% after 4 sessions.
4. I ve also done a eye lid surgery for my eye beacuse it used to look bigger than my left eye.
But as my right eye ball is larger than left one so it is still prominent.
Can you advice some cosmetic surgery to reduce my eye ball size or any other means which can solve this problem and can anything be done to improve the eye sight.
Details :
Female
Age-24
Working
Doctor's Answer
by Michael J Kutryb, MD, Apr 28, 2008 05:35PM
, Apr 28, 2008 05:35PM
Excellent question - but I don't have a good answer. You cannot change the size of the eye so, my feeling is that you can just use glasses in a way that minimizes the discrepancy. There was actually a chapter in one of my textbooks about just such a thing. For instance a concave lens would make the eye look smaller and a convex lens would make it look bigger. Just a though is that you could use the concave (minus power lens) over the bigger eye to make it look smaller. The problem would be that the eye might not need minus power and the glasses could make you very blurry. You could counter that effect by wearing a plus powered contact lens. These are just a few thoughts. Bring your questions and my idea as well to you ophthalmologist to see what he or she thinks.
MJK MD
MJK MD
