Macular Hole recently diagnosed
I’m writing this as of January 2026.
I am wondering if anyone has looked into other options than the traditional gas filled bubble surgery, where you have to recover laying face down for several days.
I have done some research and it looks like there may be a few new technology/options out there
One being an eye-drop the other FOVEA – sparring verse flap embedding.
Not sure I have that correct
Any insight would be helpful
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I had surgery for a hole in the macular but it was years ago. At the time I rented on of those massage chairs and used until the gas bubble dissolved. It was a success and eye doctors thought it looked like very great surgery. Now twenty years later I have problems with that eye. They say I have a wrinkle. When I got or was it was always there I have not a clue. I can see on eye tests but letters jump in and out but only I can see that. That it means nothing to the doctor. I can read the chart! I feel like I have poor vision but they say not because I see the letters. I guess I should stop trying so hard to read them.
@linda86 I got a wrinkle on my retinal reattachment surgery on my right eye. My surgeon glumly suggested that it might go away by itself. He must have known better. I think he did a clumsy job, as my eye then developed a cataract. I had to go to another eye clinic to get better care. They fixed the cataract and installed a new distance lens. Vision was drastically improved, but the retinal wrinkle still prevents me from reading anything with my right eye.
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1 ReactionThat’s my story also. I grew the cataract within 6 months of the surgery also. The wrinkle really bothers my vision in that eye. I have friend who says got a wrinkle from cataract surgery and hers does not bother her.
@linda86 is the wrinkle that was created after the cataract surgery, making your vision worse than it was before the macular hole surgery