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Macula lutea, in anatomy, the small yellowish area of retina near the optic disk that provides central vision. In the centre of the macula is a depression, called the fovea toward the center of the macula there are no blood vessels to interfere with vision; thus in this area, vision in bright light and color perception are keenest(1) . Aim: To find out the foveal thickness difference in old age group and adult group. Design: prospective study Methodology: This study was a prospective study conducted in tertiary eye care institute of Amritsar from a period of December 2019 to February 2020. All patient whose age is more than 50 & below 50 but more than 18 was taken & by the help of OCT. Patients who have normal retina were included in this study. Any retinal disease or any reason which can affect the normal foveal thickness (ERM, VMT) were not included here except dry ARMD (which is normal age related changes and commonest). First comparing above 50 years then compare below 50 years patient then compares above 50 years patients with below 50 years patients. Lastly all measurement in foveal thickness is done manually by the caliper in OCT machine software. Results: After collection of data, the average foveal thicknesses of all data in different group were evaluated and comparison was done