Phillip Schofield has updated fans as he recovers from surgery for a 'deliberating' eye condition, which means he is having to sleep wearing ski googles.
The This Morning presenter took to Instagram on Thursday to share images of him in a hospital gown, surrounded by medical staff to say that he had undergone surgery after suffering 'floaters' in both his eyes.
Phillip, 60, has been told to sleep on his back to protect his eye following the operation - so he decided to take extra measures and put on a pair of ski goggles to bed last night.
In the post, he can be seen laying in bed, with a white patch over his right eye and a pair of orange goggles on with the caption: "Sleep on your back to protect your eye. No way I can do that...so..." He then added "ski goggles!! Genius" with a laughing face emoji.
Earlier in July, Phillip opened up about the "pioneering" treatment he was receiving to help rid him of the floaters, as writes the Mirror.
Phillip had his initial operation in July and explained the process to his followers before later having the same procedure on the right eye.
Another snap then shows Phillip wearing a black hate, saying: "May as well go all in."
He wrote in the caption: "Firstly, no part of my treatment and surgery was gifted and I wasn’t asked to post. It is also pioneering and costly.
"It was carried out by Prof Stanga at The Retina Clinic in London. I had Elective limited pars plana vitrectomy surgery. It didn’t hurt!
"If you have been told ‘just live with them’ that is not necessarily true, I’m sure there are exceptions, but they can be fixed.
"A full vitrectomy will usually cause a cataract quite soon after, a limited vitrectomy won’t.
"Prof Stanga and his team are leading the field here in the UK in this and other retinal treatments with state of the art equipment and rigorous pre op consultation and post op aftercare."
Phillip also opened up on the issues he's faced with the condition as he wrote: "These floaters have literally blighted my otherwise brilliant eyesight.
"For the first time in many years, right now, I’m looking at a clear blue sky, it is mood/mind and life changing for me.
"People who don’t have terrible floaters won’t understand what they do to your head and until now they really haven’t been taken seriously.
"Today I have a blood shot eye that will last 2 weeks and an intense regime of eye drops for a month… but my floaters are 100% gone."
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