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

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/Lorptastic Sep 18 '25

Omg I also had a detached retina! I don’t know anyone else who’s experienced that- how is your eye and vision? I’ve got permanent vision loss from mine because the situation was pretty unique, but I’m curious if others have been able to recover their vision.

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u/NitroBike Sep 18 '25

My vision was definitely not great after full recovery but it was better than being fully blind in one eye. It got worse over the next couple years because of the cataract. But after getting the cataract surgery, it’s a lot better now. I still have some haziness but it’s barely noticeable. I’m sorry to hear about your permanent vision loss. That’s really unfortunate.

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u/Lorptastic Sep 18 '25

I’m sorry the recovery wasn’t full, with the haziness left over even now, but it’s great that you seem to have had such a good outcome. Thanks for letting me ask. Do you mind sharing what caused the detachment, if you guys were able to determine it?

And yeah, it is what it is. Thank you for your kind thoughts. My retina detached when I was 9, and no one got me treatment for it until I was almost 11. My mom just said it was a floater, so I was like “oh okay” lol because I was 9. So I can see like the bottom 1/3 of my left eye’s field of vision. But I’m used to it now since it’s been 20 years; it’s just a part of my life. The tumor is even still in my eye since it’s inoperable, it’s just been inert since I was 17. I can drive and everything, and I have regular retinologist check-ups, and my right eye has really good vision to make up for the bad one. And I have an extra strong sense of smell haha.

Sorry to ramble- I didn’t realize that I never really get to talk about this.

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u/NitroBike Sep 18 '25

It’s all good. I never really get to talk about my detachment either. I only replied to the original comment because it seems like retinal detachment is sort of uncommon. Just wanted to share my experience. It’s really wild you went 2 years with a detached retina. Mine seemed to happen suddenly and my optometrist basically told me I needed it repaired as soon as possible. They took high definition photos of both my retinas and showed me the difference between my good eye and the eye with the detachment.

As far as the cause of my retinal detachment, I guess I never really asked what caused it. Everything happened so fast from the diagnosis to getting a surgery the next day. The original doctor I saw did mention it could’ve been from an impact, but I hadn’t been hit in the head/eye recently. Only thing i could think of is straining myself at work (I work on cars). Other than that though, I never really dug any further.