In the early days of LASIK there was a high incidence of night vision problems, especially in patients with larger pupils, or flat corneas. Today we have more understanding of how to reshape corneas and avoid this problem and this is described as prolate optimized or wavefront optimized custom treatments... more
Does LASIK cause night vision to change?
I'm almost convinced that I should go through with LASIK but I'm quite concerned about changes to my night vision, ie halos - how often does this side effect occur and what can be done to prevent it?
2 answers to “Does LASIK cause night vision to change?”
A: Night vision after LASIK
Night vision has traditionally been an issue with patients after having LASIK. A large pupil size is still our main concern with patients having trouble with night vision after surgery. The newer lasers that do custom wave front guided treatments correct specific focusing errors unique to your eye and can... more
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