His eye would never heal, and neither would most of the other injuries he received. When Harry looked at himself in a mirror for the first time and opened the damaged eye, all he saw was a cloudy white ball with a silver line cutting through the middle. Apparently, it had been much worse; Ron said the eye had been a nasty mess of blood and other bodily juices when he first returned. Ron even asked if he’d get a magical eye just like Moody’s to replace it, but Harry shook his head.