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I'm having a corneal scraping on tuesday. they will be placing a chemotherapy agent on my cornea. just wondering what the recovery time is on this?
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Depends ? wide&deep: Depending on how wide and deep they have to do scraping, your recovery will depend how fast the healing takes place based on your risk factors. Usually young person with good healing ability, it should be fast. Most likely they may put bandage contact lens which will help faster healing. Also if they use amniotic membrane that mya also help.
Answered 4/6/2019
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1-2 weeks: It depends on the health of the conjunctiva around the edge of the cornea. Healing rates vary from person to person and decrease with age. Usually 1-2 weeks but longer in patients with conjunctival scarring, diabetics, severe dry eye disease.
Answered 4/6/2019
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