About 5 years after LASEK surgery I started to have blurry vision. An clinical exam done 12 Years after LASEK surgery shows that Ia have cornean scars developed in time as consequence of LASEK and the blurry vision is due to those scars. Is it possible to treat it now ?
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Although your corneas are slightly thinner than average,
they are still thick enough to safely have LASIK. A femtosecond-laser created flap (such as IntraLASIK) would
allow a thin flap, and a safe ablation depth. LASEK, also known as PRK or epi-LASIK is also a perfectly
good option. In my...
LASIK and LASEK (or PRK) for nearsightedness will flatten the central cornea. For farsightedness, they steepen the central cornea. And for astigmatism, they make the cornea more spherical, flattening one meridian and steepening the opposite.Nearly all patients who want or need to wear contacts...
Overcorrection with any refractive procedure, be it LASEK, PRK or LASIK, can occur in a small percentage of patients due to healing outside the Bell curve of normal. Overcorrection can and does frequently resolve with time; on occasion it does not. You seem to have a rather large overcorrection...