I, a 62-year-old woman, had cataract surgery a year ago. Recently I went back to the ophthalmologist because I saw something fuzzy and all sorts of crinkles floating by when I moved my eye. The ophthalmologist said there is a jelly-like layer on my eyes that is peeling off. Can this grow back?
Woman (62)
Joris Bartstra, journalist with medical diploma
The so-called vitreous humor will probably shrink. This is a transparent jelly-like mass that fills the space between the lens (at the very front of the eye) and the retina (at the very back of the eye). When shrinking, wrinkles appear, which you see as strings and crinkles. From the age of sixty, this is not uncommon and it is more common in people who are highly myopic. Because the vitreous humor can pull on the retina when it shrinks, it should be checked regularly. This is to prevent it from tearing the retina. If this threatens to happen, the retina is fixed with a laser.
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