Can a damaged cornea repair itself?

The cornea, which covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber, is the transparent front section of the eye. The cornea refracts light including the anterior chamber and lens, accounting for around two-thirds of the eye's total optical power. Minor damage to the cornea can be self-healed. If it is scratched, healthy cells immediately slip over and patch the wound before infection or vision loss occurs. A scratch that produces a serious lesion to the cornea, on the other hand, will take longer to recover. Consult with cornea specialists in Mumbai and book an appointment at the Khatib eye clinic.

Why is the cornea slow to heal?

The cornea protects the eye's sensitive components by acting as a barrier against dirt, bacteria, and other particles. The cornea also filters out some UV light from the sun. The cornea is also important for eyesight. Increased MMPs can cause aberrant or excessive ECM breakdown, which can obstruct correct corneal wound healing and lead to RCEs. Diabetes, neurotropic disease, ocular surface disease, and smoking are other illnesses and lifestyle factors linked to poor corneal healing. Consult with cornea specialists in Mumbai and book an appointment at the Khatib eye clinic.

Is corneal damage serious?

The cornea protects the delicate components of the eye from dirt, bacteria, and other foreign particles. Some of the sun's UV light is also filtered out by the cornea. In vision, the cornea is also important. Corneal disease is a dangerous disorder that can result in clouding, distortion, scarring, and, in the worst-case scenario, blindness. The corneal disease comes in a variety of forms. Keratoconus, Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy, and bullous keratopathy are the three main kinds. Book an appointment with the best cornea specialist in Mumbai at Khatib Eye Clinic.

How can I stop my cornea from scarring?

Scar prevention is always the simplest and most effective method. Scarring-prone conditions (corneal infection or ulcer) can be treated with immune-suppressing steroid eye drops after the infection has cleared up to reduce or avoid scarring. Book an appointment with the best cornea specialist in Mumbai at Khatib Eye Clinic.

Learn More About Cornea Health & Treatment From The Best Cornea Specialists In Mumbai

Cornea And Contact Lens Speciality Clinic

A dedicated, well-trained Cornea specialist with extensive work experience runs the Cornea clinic at our centre. The services offered are outlined below.

Keratoconus Clinic

This condition is seen in young patients with frequent change of glass number due to change in the corneal curvature. We offer a wide range of treatments for this condition. Speciality contact lenses are offered for a better vision. Collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and UV light, helps to arrest the worsening of keratoconus. There are several modifications of this technique, and each patient undergoes a thorough evaluation, after which an appropriate procedure is recommended. This can be combined with PRK to reduce the refractive error or special ring segments called INTACS, in suitable cases. Several of above procedures have been succesfully performed at our centre. We offer corneal transplant in advanced cases only.

Cornea Transplantation

Patients needing cornea transplant are the ones with corneal decompensation, infections, dystrophies and corneal scars. We offer full thickness cornea transplant as well the newer anterior and posterior lamellar corneal transplant, where only the diseased layer is changed. Young children and babies may also need cornea transplant, and timely decision for surgery is essential.

Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Clinic

We deal with several conditions like pterygium, dry eye, allergies, autoimmune disorders affecting the eye, chemical injuries and complex conditions like Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid. The options for treatment (depending on the cause) includes eye drops, punctal plugs, scleral lenses, pterygium excision with autograft (sutureless), pannus removal, amniotic membrane transplant, limbal stem cell transplant, mucous membrane grafts and keratoprosthesis.

Cornea Ulcer Clinic

Infections like bacterial, viral and fungal keratitis are managed with eye drops in all cases, cyanoacrylate glue application in cases with perforation, or cornea transplant in non-responding cases.

Cosmetic Surgery

Patients with white cornea can be given a good cosmetic outcome by prosthetic contact lenses or by using a colour dye in the surgery called Corneal Tattooing.