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Thank you for choosing the experts! Routine, complex, and everything in between: Dr. Collett offers comprehensive ophthalmic services to ensure his patients obtain the best possible visual outcomes. Schedule an evaluation today.
Entrust your eyes and vision to a highly skilled team. Experience timely, professional, and exceptional ophthalmic care. Schedule your evaluation today.
Are you developing a “growth” on the surface of your eye? Perhaps you have had a “growth” for years and decided it would be too difficult or risky to address it. You are not alone and we have excellent news!
Pterygiums are a common lesion that grow on the ocular surface when exposed to abundant sunlight. Pterygiums cause problems such as blurry vision, pain, and gritty sensation. Additionally, they can have unwanted cosmetic effects. Dr. Collett uses a simple procedure to remove the growth and revitalize the ocular surface right in our office! It is a quick, comfortable, low-risk process.
Learn more about pterygium surgery. Read our blog post: Pterygium Excision with Amniograft: Advanced Regenerative Treatment.
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Most patients resume normal activities within 1 to 2 weeks. Full ocular surface healing takes about 4 to 6 weeks. Prescription drops taper down over this period.
The procedure itself is performed with local anesthetic drops and you will not feel pain during surgery. Mild scratchiness and irritation for the first 48 hours is normal and managed with the prescribed drops.
Recurrence rates are significantly lower with amniograft compared with traditional bare-sclera closure. Consistent use of UV-protective sunglasses after surgery further reduces the risk. No technique is 100% recurrence-proof.
Years of exposure to ultraviolet sunlight, wind, and dust. Outdoor workers, surfers, and people who spend long hours on the water are at highest risk. Pterygium is sometimes called "surfer's eye."
Consider removal when the pterygium is growing toward the visual axis, causing astigmatism and blurring vision, causing chronic irritation or redness, or becoming cosmetically bothersome.
Contact lenses should be avoided during the initial healing period. Dr. Collett will advise when it is safe to resume contact wear, typically after 4 to 6 weeks.
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