Can plugs be surgically made to stay in?

[ninjasrawk]

I have had the biggest plugs put in both eyes numerous times, and they keep falling out every few weeks... I go back again in a couple weeks, and I dont know what he is going to be able to do. Can they be made to stay in by doing sumthing surgically? Or sumthing...

I cant stand to even open my eyes and be awake without them in.

[Rebecca Petris]

If punctal plugs come out, alternatives include intracanalicular plugs or surgical closure of the ducts. Surgically holding the plugs in sounds like it would carry some pretty serious dangers. I know people who have been cauterized when they had plugs in that the doctor was not aware of and the outcomes are not pretty. - You might want to talk to the doctor about some kind of 6-month dissolving intracanalicular plug and see if that works better.