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What IOP is low enough to cause retinal wrinkles?

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What IOP is low enough to cause retinal wrinkles?

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It varies. One of my patients developed wrinkles at an IOP of 17 mmHg while others have not had wrinkles with an IOP of 2. Usually the younger and more myopic (near-sighted) the eye, the greater the chance of the sclera (thick white coat of the eye) shrinking and throwing the inelastic retina into folds. Dr.

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