Has anyone had the eye surgery to take out floaters and afterwards your vision is distorted & lite sensitive?

Question

I need to know if someone has had distorted vision and/or light really hurting your eyes after the surgery. If you have, what is it called and can an eye doctor fix it? I can't work, because I can't see. The eye doctors say they can't find anything in my eyes that are causing it? It seems doctors stick together on these things. Please help. Thank you

I am very nearsighted, legally blind, i had the surgery to take out the floaters. Now my vision is distorted, like looking in a funhouse mirror, plus my eyes are so sensitive to light that I need to wear sunglasses. But they cut down my vision, so I can't do that. I'm 47 and a single mom. I can't work. It's awful. Has anyone had any bad results from the surgery that removes the floaters?

Answer 1

Vitrectomy for floaters would normally only be done if they are very severe as there is an inherent risk, though with a low percentage incidence, of both retinal detachment and macular problems as a consequence.
That the risk was low is little comfort if it occurs in your particular case.

It's impossible to say without examination, but it sounds as if you may have had a reactive macular oedema after the operation, which could well leave the vision "jazzy" even with best glasses. *If* that's what it is, sometimes that self-resolves after a few months, rarely laser therapy can help, often there is no active treatment.

If dark glasses help, but sunglasses are too dark, glasses can be made with *any* depth of tint.

Assessing both of these will need an eye doctor you can trust.

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