My eyes are yellow and red stained after using Visine for allergy. Why is it so?

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Hello doctor,

I had a pink eye. An allergy specialist advised me medications, and my eyes improved a lot. But I used Visine for a year every day, and that made my eyes addicted to that, and every time they became more red now. My allergy is controlled, but my eyes are not white, again they are like a little yellow and red stained. Also, they advised me Vigadexa drops because I had bacterial infection. But my eyes are still weird color even when I do not have itchiness.

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I understand your concerns and have gone through your photo attachments (attachment removed to protect patient identity). The brown patches are suggestive of benign melanosis, and the red lines are blood vessels. The blood vessels can reduce in size and number when Visine (Tetrahydrozoline HCI) drops are used, but due to the mechanism of action, the drops will lose their potency over prolonged periods of use. Other than that your eyes look fine. The benign melanosis, as the name suggests is a harmless patch of pigmentation and the blood vessels although a bit prominent are not suggestive of any disease. There are no signs of serious infections. I hope this helps you. In case you have any further questions, please let me know.

My eyes are yellow and red stained after using Visine for allergy. Why is it so?

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