Replied by Patti (Moorestown, Nj) on 08/22/2011
I had a pterygium removed and it grew right back! I have them on all four sides, they say it's genetic but no one in my family had ever heard of them. I was told that if it grew over my pupil, I wouldn't be able to see, so I had the surgery and it was awful! I have been watching it since and it grew back but not any further than it was, so I'm leaving it alone. I don't know what to do other than continual use of Refresh Tears or something like that to keep the eye moist; dry eye is part of it. My vision has changed b/c of it, but I still don't need glasses. My advice is to have your husband look into anything that could keep him from having surgery. Good luck!Replied by Farrlinn (Long Beach, Ca) on 02/12/2012
Hi, I wanted to know if the Castor Oil is still working for you? I've already had one surgery for an inflammed ptygerium and the recovery was horrific. I suffered for horrible scar tissue and ultimately sought Accupuncture to help with the pain/scar tissue. I got relief, but now I'm afraid it is growing back and I'm in a lot of pain. Any feedback is much appreciated.
Farrlinn
Replied by Clear (China, Guangdong) on 03/31/2012
Hi Farrlinn, Did you ever tried the Castor oil as what Mel did? I just bought CO in Hongkong today in Worldwide Plaza Fanda Pharmacy and I will try it tonight. I hope I could gain results. I will update this board for the development. My eye doctor says my Pterygium is still small and I have to wait until it grows bigger to have it remove by surgery but he said it will still come back in due time. Oh...
Regards, R..
Replied by Speedteq (Phoenix, Arizona, United States) on 04/26/2012
I have suffered from these for a number of years and everytime I went to the eye doctor they really never told me any details only that they weren't harmful. After looking this up on the site and being a new user here I noticed there was quite a bit of detail and it all pointed to lubrication. I have recently started using 100% pure , Virgin Coconut oil to help with some other issues. I started to think about just how good of a lubricant this seemed to be so I tried a experiment and took a cotton swab and lubricated the corners of my eyes.
The result was my vision became slightly blurred as I would have expected and there was zero irritation that was my greatest concern and I was prepared to rinse my eyes. My eyes felt really good so I did this before bed. By morning the size had been reduced to over 1/2 and I could actually see such a huge improvement plus my eyes where visably whiter. The next evening I repeated the process and applied abit more to the corners of my eyes so the Coconut oil would migrate over and I did this once again before bed because it did make my vision blurred. In the morning the long time "bumps" were nearly gone and I am now going to repeat this for the third evening tonight with great expectation that my eyes will once again be clear.
Replied by Onceprettyeyes (Phoenix, Az) on 06/17/2012
Hi Speedteq: I am also in Phoenix and have a HORRIBLE pterygium in my right eye. How has the coconut oil been working for you? This is the first time I heard of castor oil or coconut oil being helpful- I thought that I'd have to have surgery. I am going to purchase coconut oil tomorrow and see how it works for me as well. I would love to hear back from you.Replied by Clear81 (Shenzhen, Guangdong, China) on 08/26/2012
Hi Speedteq, How is your eye now? Any update? I just log on again after a few months and saw your post. I will try again tonight using virgin coconut oil and hope I will have improvement. Wish me luck.Replied by Radhika (New Delhi, India) on 10/04/2012
hi speedteq, I developed pterygium in my left eye 9 years back and another one in my right eye around 2 years back. My doctor has advised me to undergo surgery and I am terrified just by the idea of undergoing surgery.. This is the first time I have ever heard or read about coconut oil and am going to try it tonight itself..... wish me luck and I hope it works the same for me as it did for you.Replied by Sally (Dalian City, China) on 01/03/2013
hello everyone! I am so glad to find this site. Just like everybody, I've got pterygium too and I've been worried for the past months. I've been hoping for other ways to cure my eyes. I plan to go to the store now to find virgin coconut oil. I am very excited and I hope and pray that it is going to work.
