I have had a lasik surgery 15 days ago, my left eye seems to be working as expected with very sharp vision.However my right eye is suffering a bit blurry image , darkened, and hazy vision. Effect is even more noticeable at night when looking at illuminating banners or distant objects even in day light. As if I'm wearing a dirty contact lens on my right eye. The power seems fine though. My question is , will those symptoms improve by time. How long will it take? and why one eye only is suffering ?
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The LASIK procedure itself lasts about 10 minutes. Less than a minute of that time involve the actual laser treatment. You will be watching a blinking light and be under topical anaesthetic for the duration of the treatment. You should discuss with your neurologist if any...
The risk of corneal thinning (ectasia) after LASIK is extremely low if the proper precautions are taken and the correct procedure is performed. Even in the few cases where corneal thinning does occur, it's unusual for this to progress to the point where a corneal transplant (PK) is required.
I have this myself, since i had the same, older, cutting LASIK procedure myself 13 years ago
like you, i had non-wavefront, because wavefront didn't exist back then, and a metal blade
however, it is not true that these symptoms are decreased by wavefront and using a laser to cut a...