If your optometrist specializes in eye issues, you could have them examine your eyes for exotropia. An optometrist is an eye doctor who can examine eyes and prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses. An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor who can diagnose eye conditions, perform surgery, and provide vision therapy.
As with any therapy, you’ll need to have regular visits over several weeks before you may notice an improvement with your eyes.
If you already have wear glasses, ensure that the prescription is recent. If it’s been more than 1 year since you updated, schedule an eye exam.
Eye surgery is usually an outpatient procedure and you’ll recover quickly. Keep in mind that people who undergo surgery for exotropia often require repeated surgeries.
If both of your eyes experience exotropia, alternate wearing the patch for a few hours a day so each eye is covered at some point.
This will make your affected eye work harder while the vision in your stronger eye is blurred.
You can do this exercise as often as you like throughout the day.
Use different colored beads so your eyes can tell which bead you’re focusing on. If you see the X shape in the strings before or after the bead you’re focusing on, practice focusing both of your eyes onto the bead.
Try to hold your focus for about 5 seconds before moving on to another barrel. Repeat this exercise again while focusing on the middle and then smallest barrels.
