3D Laser Lasik Eye Surgery with a High Myopia and High Astigmatism, How Long does it Take to Heal?

The two most common things going on with your husband are 1) his correction is not perfectly on target and his vision is suffering because of that, or 2) there is still surface healing on the flap with some swelling. this will correct itself over time. healing post lasik is very distinct to the individual, but I will say that most patients post LASIK, even with a high rx, will be seeing better than that by now. He needs to ask the surgeon some questions about the... more

Most people have excellent vision by the next day with LASIK. If there is a problem with healing it could be a few days longer. It concerns me that you that your husband had 3D laser surgery. There is no such thing. Most likely, your husband was undercorrected. The next visit should be at about a week after surgery and I suggest that you ask the surgeon why the vision is not better and arrange for glasses or contacts until an enhancement can be done usually... more

First of all there is no such thing as "3D" LASIK. this must be a marketing term invented by that practice for marketing reasons (perhaps indicated WaveFront correction), which is kind of inventive, but would make more sense if they explained this to you (instead of my doing so) if you or your husband had ?s about his recovery, you should have asked your surgeon, as it's very difficult (almost impossible) for another surgeon like myself to guess what might be going... more