r/Amblyopia

Hey everyone, question is title

I have an amblyopic right eye and it drifts towards my ear. I’m 25 and the injury occurred when I was 1.5-2 years old so have had it pretty much my whole life

I’m considering getting some alignment surgery, and am aware that is going to be purely cosmetic. At this stage in my life I’m fine with that.

Though I am slightly hesitant as I know it’s an eye-brain issue at the end of the day, and the chance of needing recurrent surgeries is always present.

So I ask, have any of you gotten the surgery just once, and had the straight alignment stick around? How many surgeries have you had?? Did you end up getting Botox or did you give up?

Thanks in advance

History: bilateral keratoconus — left eye had full corneal transplant (2020), right eye had partial transplant/DALK (2019) + cataract surgery (2021). Right eye vision has always lagged behind the left.

Two orthoptic assessments, 8 months apart:

**•	Jan 2026:** VA 6/18 (R) / 6/9 (L). Alternating exotropia, diagnosed as intermittent distance exotropia. Plan: glasses + home vision therapy.  
**•	Aug 2026:** Same VA, but deviation now 12–16 prism diopters, and eccentric fixation appeared in both eyes (wasn’t there before). Diagnosis changed to right microtropia with poor right vision. Plan: continue glasses, add vision therapy, review in 2 months.

Anyone had a diagnosis shift like this — from bigger intermittent exotropia to microtropia? Does new eccentric fixation in both eyes mean it’s getting worse, or just a more refined diagnosis? Also curious if vision therapy actually helped anyone regain fixation as an adult, or if surgery ends up being the more likely path.

Not replacing my doctor’s advice, just want other perspectives.

I'm in my late 20's and have had amblyopia all my life. My left eye is my good eye and does all the seeing while my right eye is blurry and only used for peripheral vision. I don't wear glasses or contacts. My question is, does having amblyopia strain your good eye and cause vision loss faster in that eye, since it's doing all the "heavy lifting"? Does it work twice as hard as normal eyes? Or is that not how it works.

PLEASE DONT DO IT JUST FOR EXPERIMENT IT'S BAD FOR YOUR EYES

I know you shouldnt press on your eyes I didn't realized I was doing it that much

Anyway after that my vision was blured for a minute, and THANKFULY I was rapidly back to normal

But in that time, I tried to close one eye and the other, and suddenly my bad eye was good ??? Like I could actually read with that eye when normally it's 2/10 ?

How can you explain that ?