Blood vessels in my eye after surgery?
Julia H asked:
I had a brown spot on the white of my eye, it resembled a freckle. I had it removed for cosmetic reasons. It’s been 2 months following the surgery, and the redness in my eye has faded significantly. However, there appears to be blood vessels running through my eye. Will these vessels ever settle down? How long could it take?
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I had a brown spot on the white of my eye, it resembled a freckle. I had it removed for cosmetic reasons. It’s been 2 months following the surgery, and the redness in my eye has faded significantly. However, there appears to be blood vessels running through my eye. Will these vessels ever settle down? How long could it take?
Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!
Also, just to clarify, the blood vessels popped up as a result of the surgery.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:30 am
Whenever one has surgery ‘on’ the eye, one has to sort of cut this and sew that, or not sew. Some things just heal. But as a result of the insult, things get a bit inflamed. When inflammation occurs, the blood vessels to the insulted area dilate. As there’s a LOT more blood passing through the area, the tissue appears red.(RUBOR). These swollen vessels will also leak, sort of as a secondary effect from the dilation, as a response to the inflammation, but also to help wash the cells in the area and provide the right cells, fluids, waste removal… that stuff. So now the area is swollen (TUMOR). The stretched tissues will become sensitive and the area will then be painful (DOLOR). The dilated vessels, providing more blood to the area will also provide more heat, and thus the temperature in that area will go up a little as well.(CALOR).
As you are in the healing phase of this tissue removal, you are still cleaning things up. As the inflammatory response diminishes, the signs will diminish. Some vessels may remain somewhat dilated and will be visible. You can have that ‘taken care of’, but you might also end up with more vessels remaining dilated.
As it is, give it enough time like 6 months or a year or so, and your eye should begin eventually to look as if it never had either the pigmented nevus, or the inflammatory response.