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Can cataract surgery change the eye color?
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No: No. Cataract surgery does not change your eye color.
Answered 9/16/2017
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It should not: In rare cases where a patient has loose iris pigment even modern cataract can cause debri and lighten the color slightly, but not radical colorvchanges.
Answered 12/5/2019
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