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Pterygium is a raised, fleshy, triangular-shaped growth on your eye’s conjunctive. It grows from either corner of your eye, but usually more often from the corner closest to your nose. It spreads outward, sometimes onto the cornea of your eye. Pterygium can affect one or both of your eyes but usually not at the same time. Long-term exposure to UV light is the main cause. Your eyes may be red, swollen and irritated in mild cases. If pterygium grows, your vision may be blocked or blurred. Treatments include symptom-relieving eye drops and ointment to surgery if your vision is affected. When might surgery be needed? You may need surgery if: Eye drops and eye ointments aren’t relieving your symptoms. The pterygium grows so large that it blocks your vision or pulls on your cornea and changes its curve, causing astigmatism. Astigmatism can blur your vision. The way your eye looks is not acceptable to you. Surgery details Your eye care provider will numb your eye with local anesthesia. You’ll be given light sedation. The pterygium is carefully removed from your eye. If you’re having surgery with an amniotic membrane, the membrane is cut to the proper size and placed to cover the area where the pterygium was removed. A special glue or stitches hold the amniotic membrane in place. If you’re having an autograft surgery, your surgeon removes a section of conjunctiva from under your eyelid to cover the opening. A special glue or stitches hold the new tissue in place while it heals. Surgery typically lasts between 30 minutes and one hour. What can I expect during recovery after surgery? You’ll likely wear an eye patch over your eye for a couple of days. You’ll apply steroid eye drops to the affected eye for a few weeks or months. These eye drops help reduce inflammation and the chance of the growth returning. You can return to your normal daily activities in a few da