Red spot in my eye after surgery

[exoticflower]

Two weeks ago, I had an eye mole (brown spot on the white of my eye) removed. The eye surgeon basically just numbed my eye, and cut the thing out. Immediately after the surgery, there wasn't really any redness in my eye. However a few days following the surgery, redness began to develop. After two weeks, the redness in the corner of my eye has faded quite beautifully. However a little bit of where the freckle was removed from is red. It looks like a blood vessel in my eye burst. I know it's only been two weeks, but i'm still concerned and I guess paranoid that the redness is permanent or will leave a scar. If it's a scar of somesort, I don't know how i'll cope with that. I was wondering if after a surgery like this, a red spot on the white of the eye is common? And if it generally fades with 4-6 weeks?

Thank you so much for your time!

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

It will cause more than usual irritation and may actually delay your recovery as well.  There are some sunglasses like wiley x that have a protective foam barrier to keep out the wind and sun.  Maybe something to consider.

MJK MD

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

Keep it out of the sun and wind, use artificial tears every  hour or so and things should start to improve over a month or two.  It takes some time for the conjunctiva to get back to normal again after being cut and especially if sutured.  It takes some time.  And yes, as always, don't hesitate to actually talk to your surgeon since he did the surgery.

MJK MD

[Giri862]

A related discussion, Squint Surgory was started.

[exoticflower]

Thanks so much, that was very helpful! The only problem is its not possible for me to keep my eye out of the sun or wind because I need to walk to school every day. I wear sun glasses, but the wind is unavoidable. Will this prolong the recovery time, and may it even prevent it from healing?