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Clarity of Vision After Lasik. Does Vision Keep Improving Over Time?

I am almost 4 weeks out from Lasik (intralase/allegretto) and was -8.00 in both eyes w/ some astigmatism. Compared to before, I should be grateful that I can actually see without the need for contacts or glasses. However I am a little concerned I might be undercorrected. I was out yesterday w/ a friend and they have a very small prescription ( < -1.00) and I tried on their glasses and with them on, street signs and people's faces across the street were clearer. Does clarity improve over time?

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Improvement of vision after LASIK vs LASEK

I used to perform LASIK, did a few thousand of those, switched to the more advanced and safer noncutting LASEK 7 years ago, so am very familiar with both procedures i also had LASIK myself 14 years ago after LASIK, the recovery is very fast, but your vision stops improving after about 2 weeks, 3 weeks at the most. so if you are a bit blurry after 1 month, it won't improve after LASEK the recovery is slower, but you continue to improve longer. this means that your vision will lag... more

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