PTERYGIUM SURGERY

A pterygium can cause astigmatism and scarring in your eye - disturbing your vision. Often the longer it has been around, the more difficult it becomes to correct. Fortunately, modern surgical techniques can usually address this, either partially or fully.

A pterygium will often become red, irritated, dry, or sore. Often this can be drastically improved with drops or an operation.

Gain back your confidence. If you’ve ever noticed the pterygium in the mirror or a photo, or had someone comment on the redness or growth in your eye, it is important you know there are options to improve this for you.

Although usually a benign thickening of the tissue on the whites of your eyes, there is increasing data to show this tissue can occasionally contain precancerous or cancerous cells which may develop into a skin cancer on your eye. Surgical removal can identify and help treat these cells before major problems arise.

Surgical techniques have improved drastically with less post-operative pain and downtime. Dr Rylan’s modern techniques dont even require stitches as we use a special biological glue to help healing and minimise pain. If you’ve been worried by stories of pain after pterygium surgery, you can be reassured our cutting edge methods are usually much better tolerated.

A pterygium will usually grow over time. Sometimes this is very slowly, other times more rapidly. Regardless of speed though, the bigger it grows, the more it can affect you.