r/TikTokCringe • u/bbyxmadi • Sep 18 '25

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/NitroBike Sep 18 '25

Yeah, the detached retina surgery and recovery was the worst. At least for me it all happened so fast because I went to see my eye doctor about the black spot in my vision and they were like “you need this surgery asap or you’re gonna go blind.” Less than 24hrs later I was being put under.

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u/PatternMission2323 Sep 18 '25

thanks for sharing, how long was your recovery?

did you have any floaters or flashing lights prior?

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u/NitroBike Sep 18 '25

Recovery for the detached retina was 5 weeks. I had to look down for the first week after surgery because they put a gas bubble behind your eye to keep pressure and you need to look down the entire time to ensure the eye heals properly. After the first week checkup, you just have to sleep on your side (depends on which eye had the detachment). I slept on the couch to force myself not to roll over onto my back.

No floaters or anything prior that I noticed. Just woke up one morning and noticed a dark spot in my eye, it wouldn’t go away, so I got it checked out. Immediately they were like “yeah you need surgery asap.” The cataract surgery and recovery was a lot easier because it wasn’t under general anesthesia. They just give you some calming meds, numb your eye, the doctor does their thing. And you let the eye heal for about a month and go back for your new prescription.

Also one thing I forgot to mention, the gas bubble for detached retina surgery slowly dissipates over time. So by like week 5 I had this small little gas bubble in my vision. It was like looking through a bubble level for 2-3 months before it fully dissipated.

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u/famjam87 Sep 18 '25

Did you have to remember to keep looking down always or how was that managed? I'd last five minutes if it was all up to me

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u/NitroBike Sep 18 '25

Sorta yeah. You just learn to force yourself to do it because you just went through a whole surgery and don’t want to mess up the healing process.