Squint

[CS24]

I have had a squint from a young age, I didn't have the surgery when I was younger, I don't think I fully understood what was happening being so young. When I was around 13 I chose to have corrective surgery but I would still need to wear glasses. They didn't fully straighten my eye, they only moved it slightly but they did it so my glasses or contact lenses straightens my eye fully. I've recently been thinking about my eyes and that I want it straightened fully but is this possible to have further surgery and if I do have it straightened will my glasses move my eye outwards or not affect it? Hope this makes sense

[CS24]

So if my eye is straightened without glasses then I wear my glasses will that move my eye like it does now or not affect it and my eyes remain straight both with and without glasses?

[Doreen Fazio, M.D.]

It is possible to have more eye muscle surgery to correct strabismus.  Whether or not your glasses will help will depend on the type of strabismus (esotropia or exotropia) and the refractive error (farsighted or nearsighted).  Consult a pediatric ophthalmologist.  These are the eye MDs who straighten eye muscles in children and adults.