Anyone have surgery to correct an eye turning in?

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jlee

jlee

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I'm thinking about getting Lasik...after that, I may be tempted to look into correcting this - I can use either eye at will, but whichever is 'inactive' will turn in. Makes me look a little funny. :confused:

My main concern would be overcorrection, resulting in an eye turning out..which, IMHO...looks way worse.

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moshquerade

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get it done. there have to be competent surgeons out there to fix that and not make it worse. :eek:
 
jlee

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Originally posted by: RoloMather
Define "inactive" eye

Is it always your left?
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Nope, it's either one. If I use my right eye, my left turns in. If I use my left, my right turns in.

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: RoloMather
Define "inactive" eye
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yeah what does that mean? from the picture, it looks like your lateral rectus is damaged.
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I don't know wtf that is, but I can see perfectly fine with either eye...they just don't converge together when focusing on something like almost everybody else's do.

Originally posted by: moshquerade
get it done. there have to be competent surgeons out there to fix that and not make it worse. :eek:
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I would hope so..but I'm a bit hesitant when it comes to people cutting stuff up there! :eek:
 
moshquerade

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Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: RoloMather
Define "inactive" eye

Is it always your left?
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Nope, it's either one. If I use my right eye, my left turns in. If I use my left, my right turns in.

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: RoloMather
Define "inactive" eye
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yeah what does that mean? from the picture, it looks like your lateral rectus is damaged.
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I don't know wtf that is, but I can see perfectly fine with either eye...they just don't converge together when focusing on something like almost everybody else's do.

Originally posted by: moshquerade
get it done. there have to be competent surgeons out there to fix that and not make it worse. :eek:
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I would hope so..but I'm a bit hesitant when it comes to people cutting stuff up there! :eek:
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well, i know, it's unnerving to have done, but i've had two friends get lasik and they are free of glasses/contacts now.

have you ever consulted with a doc for your lazy eye?
 
RoloMather

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Lateral rectus is a muscle that move your pupil away from the nose.

But it's not damaged if you can do that normally.

Could be complicated if it's a neurological problem.
 
ed21x

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with lazy eye, i believe you have to get one patched at a time to force each eye's muscle to work up to snuff.
 
lxskllr

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If you aren't having problems seeing, I wouldn't worry about it. If you look a little funny, who cares? People can get bent if they don't like it. I think there may be eye exercises you can do to help correct that. Ask your eye doctor next time you go, or look around online.
 
jlee

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
well, i know, it's unnerving to have done, but i've had two friends get lasik and they are free of glasses/contacts now.

have you ever consulted with a doc for your lazy eye?
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I'm not too concerned about Lasik- that doesn't involve cutting into the muscles that move my eyes around. :Q The technical term is "Strabismus" - different than lazy eye. My mother looked into it when I was really young - I wore an eye patch/etc (no pics :(), which may very well be why I'm able to use either eye equally. I've briefly looked into it, but didn't seriously consider it after finding out that I likely would not get depth perception. However, now that I'm getting older, looking at photos and realizing how bad it really looks, I'm considering it..

Originally posted by: RoloMather
Lateral rectus is a muscle that move your pupil away from the nose.

But it's not damaged if you can do that normally.

Could be complicated if it's a neurological problem.
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I think the correction involves shortening the muscles that control the eye...a friend of mine had it done when she was young, and her eyes are now sensitive to florescent lighting (and maybe some other stuff that I forgot). I don't know if that was a result of the surgery or not, though. She has the same thing as me..can use either eye..but I didn't know until she told me. Definitely less obvious than mine!

Originally posted by: lxskllr
If you aren't having problems seeing, I wouldn't worry about it. If you look a little funny, who cares? People can get bent if they don't like it. I think there may be eye exercises you can do to help correct that. Ask your eye doctor next time you go, or look around online.
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I do.. :eek:

Though it can be entertaining at times, to see people's reactions when I switch eyes when looking at them. :p

Originally posted by: alyarb
who is that woman?
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why? :p
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: RoloMather
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus

Google for support groups?
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Yep, that's the one.

Another thing that concerns me about getting it corrected? Double vision...which I don't have now...
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The way I see it, you have 2 eyes, and they're tough to fix. If something goes wrong during surgery, you'll be screwed. It might bother you some due to appearance reasons, but at least you have healthy, working eyes. That trumps everything else.
 
IronWing

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Can't you just get a nose job so you can still see even when the eye turns in?
 
nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: JLee
I'm not too concerned about Lasik- that doesn't involve cutting into the muscles that move my eyes around. :Q The technical term is "Strabismus" - different than lazy eye. My mother looked into it when I was really young - I wore an eye patch/etc (no pics :(), which may very well be why I'm able to use either eye equally. I've briefly looked into it, but didn't seriously consider it after finding out that I likely would not get depth perception. However, now that I'm getting older, looking at photos and realizing how bad it really looks, I'm considering it..
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A nice pair of aviator glasses is cheaper and safer ;)
I certainly wouldn't risk anyone hacking about in there if my eyes worked fine to begin with. It sounds like this is mostly a self image thing, like breast implants, but with something a bit more crucial.
Is there any way to practice focusing on a spot so as to make them appear like they're aligned when you're getting a pic taken?
 
jlee

jlee

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Originally posted by: ironwing
Can't you just get a nose job so you can still see even when the eye turns in?
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Still can see.

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: JLee
I'm not too concerned about Lasik- that doesn't involve cutting into the muscles that move my eyes around. :Q The technical term is "Strabismus" - different than lazy eye. My mother looked into it when I was really young - I wore an eye patch/etc (no pics :(), which may very well be why I'm able to use either eye equally. I've briefly looked into it, but didn't seriously consider it after finding out that I likely would not get depth perception. However, now that I'm getting older, looking at photos and realizing how bad it really looks, I'm considering it..
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A nice pair of aviator glasses is cheaper and safer ;)
I certainly wouldn't risk anyone hacking about in there if my eyes worked fine to begin with. It sounds like this is mostly a self image thing, like breast implants, but with something a bit more crucial.
Is there any way to practice focusing on a spot so as to make them appear like they're aligned when you're getting a pic taken?
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I doubt it, unless I'm looking at something close enough that they're both turned in equally..like forcing crosseyedness. :p

I can still see out of the "inactive" one...something I noticed when I had a contact lens in my left eye, and no contact lens in my right. When I was looking straight ahead with my right eye, stuff in front of me was blurry..but stuff off to the right was clear. Weird.

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome
Just get an eye-patch.
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Then I'd lose the peripheral vision that I do have, with no benefit.
 
jlee

jlee

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I just joined a Yahoo group (thanks RoloMather!)...already heard back from a girl who had it done and said that she's gaining depth perception.

/researches
 
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