Wanted Eye Specialist - Anywhere in the world [Archive]

AllyT

07-30-2007, 06:16 PM

We have a boxer (Fundo Mhura) at our club in Edinurgh, Scotland who is a real prospect. He won a bronze medal at last years European championships and is currently training with Great Britain’s Olympic squad. He has a condition which causes his eyelashes to turn inwards when he is hit. Doctors are now telling him that this is threatening his sight and that he should give up boxing. This is devastating news for one so talented. If we cannot find a solution to this he will have no choice but to give up the sport. If there is anyone out there who has encountered this before and has a solution or knows a specialist who might be able to help please let me know.

Axe

07-30-2007, 06:18 PM

:huh

Pluck his eyelashes maybe?

Marnoff

07-30-2007, 06:22 PM

Burn them off.

dwilson

07-30-2007, 07:00 PM

:huh

Pluck his eyelashes maybe?

Sounds so damm obvious. The doctors must have thought of this surely?

I've read about Fundo Mhura in boxingnews, he sounds a great prospect.

Dr Gonzo

07-30-2007, 07:15 PM

We have a boxer (Fundo Mhura) at our club in Edinurgh, Scotland who is a real prospect. He won a bronze medal at last years European championships and is currently training with Great Britain’s Olympic squad. He has a condition which causes his eyelashes to turn inwards when he is hit. Doctors are now telling him that this is threatening his sight and that he should give up boxing. This is devastating news for one so talented. If we cannot find a solution to this he will have no choice but to give up the sport. If there is anyone out there who has encountered this before and has a solution or knows a specialist who might be able to help please let me know.

i know a few in Australia but its a big hike :yep

Decebal

07-31-2007, 03:51 AM

:huh

Pluck his eyelashes maybe?

or even trimm them very short...less painful.

PrideOfWales

07-31-2007, 04:51 AM

Tell him to go to Colombia like Bruno did... beware the coke gangs though!

Betty Swollocks

07-31-2007, 04:57 AM

he should ask one of these PR fighers like Cotto for advice on plucking eyebrows etc.

what about using an eyelash curler?

Decebal

07-31-2007, 04:59 AM

what about using an eyelash curler?

:lol:

Kojiro

07-31-2007, 05:05 AM

or even trimm them very short...less painful.

Wouldn't that make it worse and scratch the eyes more? :huh

Decebal

07-31-2007, 05:13 AM

Wouldn't that make it worse and scratch the eyes more? :huh

good point...I thought that being so short, they wouldn't bend inwards anymore...

Decebal

07-31-2007, 05:13 AM

:lol: Paulie Malinaggi could give him tips.
:lol:

Betty Swollocks

07-31-2007, 05:14 AM

could he maybe weak contact lenses? to stop the itching against the eyeballs?

Decebal

07-31-2007, 05:18 AM

could he maybe weak contact lenses? to stop the itching against the eyeballs?

they'd fly out when a head-punch lands, I reckon...

theHawtness

07-31-2007, 05:27 AM

could he maybe weak contact lenses? to stop the itching against the eyeballs?
you aren't allowed to wear contact lenses while fighting.

bill poster

07-31-2007, 06:23 AM

Heated eyelash curler..seriously!

AllyT

07-31-2007, 08:14 AM

tell him not to get hit

You are a prick

The same goes to all small minded couch potatoes, who when an appeal is put out for a real prospect in trouble you chose to make fun of his predicament.

You are not boxing fans

Vantage_West

07-31-2007, 08:52 AM

i know it sounds stupid and rude but eyelash curler seems the best thing.

he could get them trimmed 3/4 length so they dont move as mcuh but he still has them

i like the contacts idea.

what about a surgical idea. from my point of view his eylashes are the wrong way round there must be a surgical manouvre to turn them round so they are out of the way....that sound stupid but it's somthing rather critical.

boxbox

07-31-2007, 09:27 AM

are you sure its only the lashes that turns around? or does the lids come with it?

boxbox

07-31-2007, 09:39 AM

cosmetic surgeons can fix this

AllyT

07-31-2007, 03:27 PM

Thanks for some of the tips. The only stupid suggestion is one that goes unmentioned.

Although his eyelashes have contributed to his condition the problem is a little deeper than that. Fundo has a genetic eye condition which has caused erosion of his cornea. This has been exacerbated by boxing. The condition will clear up on its own, if his cornea is not irritated, but this would mean either giving up his Olympic ambitions or risking permanent blindness. He has been offered an operation in the UK but this also apparently carries a 50% risk of blindness. We may have to accept that he will have to give up boxing until this clears up but this would be a tremendous set back.

What I am hoping is that in the wider boxing community there may be someone who has had similar problems in the past who can give some advice. It is also possible that the UK is not the best place to seek advice on such a condition and that a boxer in another country may have a contact for a cornea specialist who may be able to help. I think this condition is most common in people of African decent (Fundo was born in Malawi).

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Fundo (pictured above with his European Middleweight Bronze Medal) is one of Scotland’s most promising amateur boxers and is held in genuine affection by all who know him. In spite of his standing at international level, Fundo is always there to help out at the club. He has time for everyone and even travels around the country with the young boxers to help them out in the corner as he is doing here with one of my sons. If you can ask around your gyms etc. it just might save the career of a promising and very well liked young boxer.

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