AS to your right eye being red, it may be due to a slight amount of blood on the white part of your eye known as a subconjunctival hemorrhage. This can happen more likely with traditional LASIK than the all laser method, but is not harmful, although it looks bad. If your vision is good, you... more
Redness and blurred vision after Lasik eye surgery
I had Lasik Eye Surgery done around two weeks ago, and I've been really worried about the amount of redness in my right eye. I have perfect vision on my right eye, but my left eye is really hazy and doesn't seem to be getting any better. I went to see a specialist and he said that my left eye is just taking time to heal, and the redness is fine. Is this normal, and will it be okay soon?
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A: Redness and blurry vision are not uncommon at 2 weeks post LASIK
Redness and blurry vision are not uncommon at 2 weeks post LASIK and should improve over the next few weeks. If problems persists, make sure to bring this to the attention of your surgeon.
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23 Jan 2009
I had Lasik Eye surgery around two weeks ago and the vision in my right eye is perfect, but the vision in my left eye is blurred. My doctor left the post surgical contact lens in my left eye for three days and removed the right lens the day after surgery. Is that the reason why the left is taking longer to heal?