Can eyeball shape change as a result of vitreous detatchment?!


Question: I recently suffered a vitreous detatchment (+ suspected blocked tear duct) as result of a football being volleyed in my eye from close range. Since the incident (I'll spare you the details of the internal eye problems and the resultant implications had on my sight and focus on my external worries) I can't stop looking at my reflection, thinking that my damaged right eye doesn't look like my left eye and that it doesn't look as it did in pictures of myself taken previous to the accident, though i cant be certain. It may sound vain, but is something that i've been really worried about and which really gets me down (whether it be my eyeball seems to be further back in its socket from one corner or sticking further out than it used to from the other). I've been unable to find any real useful info on the net, so would be extremely grateful if someone could put my mind at rest (+prove me to whether its just paranoia or not) - it would really mean a lot - THANK YOU!


Answers: I recently suffered a vitreous detatchment (+ suspected blocked tear duct) as result of a football being volleyed in my eye from close range. Since the incident (I'll spare you the details of the internal eye problems and the resultant implications had on my sight and focus on my external worries) I can't stop looking at my reflection, thinking that my damaged right eye doesn't look like my left eye and that it doesn't look as it did in pictures of myself taken previous to the accident, though i cant be certain. It may sound vain, but is something that i've been really worried about and which really gets me down (whether it be my eyeball seems to be further back in its socket from one corner or sticking further out than it used to from the other). I've been unable to find any real useful info on the net, so would be extremely grateful if someone could put my mind at rest (+prove me to whether its just paranoia or not) - it would really mean a lot - THANK YOU!

The vitreous detachment will not cause the shape or size of the eye to change. As long as your eyes still move as they should, I doubt also that your eye has been dramatically displace. I suspect that the trauma you experienced changed some of the tension in your eyelid and caused vertical opening between the lids to be different than it was prior to the incident.

If this incident happened recently you should still be seeing an eye doctor periodically to monitor changes in your peripheral retina. Once a normal retina has been verified for about the first 6 months of experiencing a vitreous detachment, the doctor may wish to see you every 6 months until the 18 month anniversary. Only if you experience sudden, lasting pain or a dramatic visual disturbance should you seek further help.

Your concern does not qualify as paranoia.

Unless you lost vitreous during your injury, the shape should be the same.Now, if you have lost vision in that eye, it may change shape due to the damages it substained in the back of the eye.





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