A 69-year-old woman has been able to see her great-grandchildren for the first time after becoming one of the first people in Scotland to receive a pioneering eye operation. 

Jean Black underwent a new cornea transplant procedure at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh. After just two days, she was able to see properly for the first time in years.

The procedure involved replacing only the diseased section of the cornea - the curved "window" at the front of the eye - and needs fewer stitches.

Mrs Black, from Prestonpans in East Lothian, has the genetic eye condition Fuchs Dystrophy and had lost most of her vision by the time she was in her 30s. She underwent an earlier version of the operation three years ago in the hope it would restore vision to her left eye, but it did not succeed.

She "jumped" at the opportunity to have the new operation for the other eye.

"I couldn't believe it when I realised I could see everything so clearly. It has changed my life completely," she said.

"I was over the moon when I saw my great-grandchildren properly for the first time. I never knew they were so big. It means the world to me."

"A couple of days after I had the operation, I could see properly with that eye for the first time in years," she said.

Dr Ashish Agrawal, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon of the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, said the new operation is less invasive than the previous version, with fewer stitches, and patients can see the results faster.

Under the new procedure, only the disease part of her eye - a fraction of a millimetre thick - was replaced.

Dr Agrawal told STV News: "She doesn't require any complex prescriptions at all, and this eye is not a weak eye compared to what it would have been had she had the conventional graft procedure done."

For Mrs Brown - along with her husband of 49 years, Tam - the surgery has given both a brighter future.