What causes a ring around the pupil? - Buy Cheap Glasses Online, Prescription Glasses Frames Expert

Karissa Eyeglasses · #1 (**permalink**) 05-06-2011, 09:48 PM

I have noticed a whitish ring developing around the pupil of both eyes. What causes a ring around the pupil? Should I be concerned?

Garrett Eyeglasses · #2 (**permalink**) 05-09-2011, 10:37 PM

A gray or whitish arc that sometimes develops around the cornea is called arcus senilis. Many people refer to the condition as "ring around the pupil." In some people, arcus senilis is present at birth. In others, the condition develops later in life. In young people, the condition is called arcus juvenilis. Arcus senilis may appear as an arc above or beneath the cornea, or it may form an entire ring around the cornea.

Dr. Garrette Liu

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