Corneal tattooing can offer hope to patients with blind eye: Experts

Corneal tattooing offers an excellent solution to the people suffering from the endstage opaque cornea and improves their aesthetic appearance suggest eye specialistsCorneal tattooing is done for people with ocular injuries that can benefit cosmetically from a tattoo to make them more emotionally confidentThe goal is to match the tattooed eye with the look of a normal eyeMore than 68 million people suffer from vision loss in one eye and roughly one million in both the eyes because of corneal diseasesFor common people the opaque cornea is just a medical condition which makes the person blind from one or both the eyes while making them look a bit differentHowever for the people who suffer from corneal opacity it is a part of their personality that deeply affects their day to day lifeThe condition is especially detrimental for younger people who could not get married or get a job because of their abnormal appearanceHowever with advanced technologies giving way to some groundbreaking possibilities such people now have an option of corneal tattooingAccording to experts corneal tattooing in case of opacities where treatment indications rule out the option of corneal transplant can effectively help improve the aesthetic appearance of the patients and give them a chance to live a normal lifeWe suggest corneal tattooing to the patients who are blind in one eye and corneal transplant doesnt offer a chance of visual rehabilitation The procedure is specifically beneficial for the young patients who suffer in life just because of the unusual appearance of their eyes Dr Ikeda Lal cornea and refractory surgery specialist at Delhi Eye Centre and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi told IANSWe can improve the cosmetic appearance of patients with corneal scar and nil visual prognosisDr Lal explained that while conventional tattooing procedures used lamellar pocket creation for patients who cannot undergo a special tattoo gun is usedWe use an advanced imported tattoo gun which helps us perform corneal tattooing with ease and without any injection or sutures The technology we are using ensures safety and delivers optimum resultsCorneal opacity is caused due to scarring of the cornea a transparent structure placed just in front of the eyeball In the case of scarring the light fails to pass through the cornea to the retina giving the cornea a clouded appearanceEye injury infections and certain eye diseases are the main reasons responsible for corneal opacity which can cause anything from minor irritation to vision loss and even blindnessIn fact corneal problems are the fourth leading cause of blindness after glaucoma cataracts and agerelated macular degeneration Patients with old corneal scars often also develop a squint which together is very disfiguring Professor Rohit Saxena Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences AIIMS New Delhi told IANSThose patients who do not have any potential for vision corneal tattooing with corrective squint surgery gives these patients confidence and happiness and helps them to achieve their full potential he addedCorneal tattooing can help people with corneal opacity to live a normal life without looking different from othersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever