Why amblyopia (lazy eye) cannot be surgically or anyhow treated at adulthood? I know that if treated properly at childhood that eye can function normally, but why is it hard to develop it later?

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Why amblyopia (lazy eye) cannot be surgically or anyhow treated at adulthood? I know that if treated properly at childhood that eye can function normally, but why is it hard to develop it later?

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Answer 1

As someone with a lazy eye, I’ve been explained the disease a lot lol. The thing is, a lazy eye is NOT a disease. It’s literally your optical nerve being too lazy to work properly. You can train it back into functioning as a child by forcing it to work with an eyepatch, but the older you get the less likely you’re gonna succeed at de-atropy-ing it into health. Hope it helps!