Can macular scarring be fixed?

Can macular scarring be fixed?

A macular pucker usually requires no treatment. In many cases, the symptoms of vision distortion and blurriness are mild, and no treatment is necessary. People usually adjust to the mild visual distortion, since it does not affect activities of daily life, such as reading and driving.

What causes a macular scar in the eye?

Most macular puckering is related to aging, but it can also be caused by other eye conditions. These include detached retina, inflammation of the eye (uveitis) and diabetic retinopathy. A macular pucker can be caused by trauma from eye surgery or eye injury as well.

Does macular cause scarring?

About 10% of macular degeneration falls into a category called exudative macular degeneration. The macula is normally protected by a thin tissue that separates it from very fine blood vessels nourishing the back of the eye. Sometimes these blood vessels break or leak and cause scar tissue to form.

Can a scar be removed from the retina?

Vitrectomy is a surgical procedure undertaken by a specialist where the vitreous humor gel that fills the eye cavity is removed to provide better access to the retina. This allows for a variety of repairs, including the removal of scar tissue, laser repair of retinal detachments and treatment of macular holes.

Does macular dystrophy cause blindness?

The macula is the central area of the retina that contains photoreceptors responsible for central vision and color perception. When the macula is damaged or scarred due to macular dystrophy, your central vision is affected — and this can lead to blindness in some cases.

Do macular puckers get worse?

Can macular pucker get worse? For most people with macular pucker, vision can get worse over time, but this does not happen rapidly. Usually macular pucker affects one eye at first, but it might affect the other eye later.

When should you get macular pucker surgery?

In serious cases, people with macular pucker develop vision problems that are severe enough to interfere with their daily activities. These people might need surgery to treat their macular pucker. The surgery eye doctors use to treat a macular pucker is called vitrectomy with membrane peel.

Can scar tissue form after cataract surgery?

The scar tissue (also known as a secondary cataract) can occur almost immediately after the surgery, or months to years later. The buildup of this scar tissue is part of the normal healing response of the eye, and once cleared away with the laser, it will never return.