Question by trayzzay: Will my eye turn gray?
Back story:
5 years ago I lost 95%(ish) of the sight in my left eye (I am legally blind in it).
Actual question(s):
Will the color of that eye turn gray like a blind person’s eyes? Will the eye loose some of its color? Or will my eyes stay the same color?
More detail:
Just in case, here is some more details about my left eye: the only sight I do possess in it is peripheral vision, and through that vision I can only see like 5%. What I do see in that 5% is dark, fuzzy, and gray. I can make out shapes and huge letters. My eye color is brown.
Other:
I don’t know if it’s in my imagination or if it is actually happening, but the color of my left eye has been looking dull and the dark black ring around the outside of the eye color (not the pupil) looks faded in contrast to my other eye.
Additional Details:
There is little more information which I can provide. 5 years ago I had a sever headache for 2 weeks, say a doctor for it and he said it was just my sinuses because I had a head cold at the time. He gave me antibiotics and sent me home. A few days later I woke up and was blind in my left eye (the headache was gone). Saw 3 eye doctors immediately (1st doctor sent me to another, who sent me to another in Philadelphia) and none of the doctors could tell me anything more than: looks like you have optic neuritis and suffered a stroke in the optic nerve as you slept, we don’t know, we’ve run every test we can think of, etc… I was told I would recover vision in 3 months time and never did and doctors told me I was just unlucky and 1% of optic neuritis patients don’t recover vision, etc. I was put on intravenous steroids for a few days and oral steroids for a bit after that. I was also told maybe it is the on set of MS, though brain scans say this is not so (at least so far, i am 24 and have them done every 5 years). I have no diseases or viruses that I know of and am “health”. My right eye is normal and was not effected. I go to the eye doctor every 6 months for routine check ups as I wear a contact in the right eye, but was told there is nothing which can be done for my left eye and there is no reason to be seen for it anymore. When I did go blind in my left eye 5 years ago (I was 19ish years old), I was on birth control pills and smoking a pack a day. The doctors said this could also be the cause of it, but they weren’t conclusive in their diagnosis, as a precaution I am no longer on “the pill.” I have also been on tons of different kinds of depression medications before it happened (since I was 12), but none were of a high dose or have been recalled for stroke or blood, etc…problems.
Currently, I am told by my eye doctor that the optic nerve is dead. I have also been told that the eye almost looks like it has a cataract, though this is not the case. I am also told I will not regain my vision.
Sorry for all the info, but I posted this question before and all I got in response was more questions. I just want to know if my eye is going to or might loose it’s color or turn gray. Will it? Might it? Any information would be great.
Thank you 
Best answer:
Answer by tookietookie123
I’m sure you won’t because the eye itself is not dead but the nerve far behind it is… I highly doubt it will turn gray… The black outlining around the eye color is completely normal and everyone with brown eyes have it… There’s nothing to worry about!
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