Phillip Schofield sports eye patch as he shares update after procedure to treat ‘debilitating’ condition-Jess Bacon-Entertainment – Metro

Phillip Schofield shared he had his ‘floaters’ in his eye removed (Picture: Getty/@schofe)

Phillip Schofield was doing his best pirate impression as he sported an eye patch after undergoing a procedure on Thursday.

The This Morning co-host underwent a small operation on his left eye after suffering from a ‘debilitating’ eye condition that used to drive him ‘insane.’ 

The 60-year-old presenter took to his Instagram stories to give his 3 million followers an update about how it went.

Phil revealed that the ‘floaters’ in his eye had been removed as he showed off a white bandage over his left eye. 

In the first snap in the garden, Phil wore a light blue gingham shirt as he gave a small smile and revealed his temporary new look.

He wrote: ‘Finally got the INCREDIBLY frustrating ‘floaters’ sucked out of my left eyeball.’ 

The TV presenter sported a white bandage over his eye and made several pirate jokes on Instagram (picture: Getty/@schofe)

He was in good spirits after the procedure (Picture: @schofe)

Aye aye, captain Scofe! (Picture: @schofe)

In a shirtless mirror selfie that displayed the presenter’s lean physique, as he posed with stickers that monitored his vitals still on his chest, he joked: ‘Er was I supposed to come home with these still on?!!’

For his final selfie, the Dancing on Ice host popped a pirate flag emoji above his head and a picture of a parrot on his shoulder to accompany his new eyepatch. 

‘Factor 50 on half my face or the patch mark will last for days,’ he penned with a laughing emoji. 

The surgery comes days after Phil and Holly Willoughby began their summer vacation from This Morning (Picture: Neil Mockford/GC Images)

In 2020, Phil spoke about his condition on the ITV daytime show and revealed: ‘My retinas are not detaching, but I have debilitating eye floaters.’

At the time he explained: ‘I am at the cutting edge of all this, let me tell you, because the only way to treat them is a vitrectomy, where they suck the jelly out of your eye.’

Before adding: ‘They are trying to pioneer a half vitrectomy which started in America – see I know a lot about this! 

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‘You have half the vitrectomy, take the floaters out, but you don’t get a cataract. And I am hoping I might be the first person in the country to get this!’

He admitted they drive him ‘insane’ as he continued: ‘My vision is like a filthy bathroom window drifting across my eyes, and it drives me crazy.’ 

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