Can cataracts grow back following cataract surgery?

Answer

No you cannot get cataracts again after surgery. When you have cataract surgery the lenses are removed and replaced with man made lenses. A cataract therefore is impossible to come back as there is no natural lens. Only the natural lens can get a cataract.
Cataracts don't grow, they are not a tumor or a lump. Cataract is the clouding of the lens because proteins built up. Imagine your lens is like a glass of water ... add a few drops of milk the water goes cloudy. That is like a cataract .. the lens goes opaque ....





you can get cataracts even after u had surgery
cuz my mum got them she got surgery and yet
she just found out that she has then again so
there

by Caitlin

What Caitlin is describing is called posterior capsule opacity, sometimes called a "secondary cataract".

This condition isn't really a cataract because the lens is removed when you have your initial surgery. What happens to about 20% of patients, however, is that the capsule that surrounded the cloudy (now removed) lens - where the man made lens is inserted during cataract surgery - becomes hazy. A second surgery to remove the capsule may be needed if vision becomes too impaired.