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Seeing a rainbow glare around lights specialy at nighttime after wavefront custom femto- LASIK that has been done 13 days ago??

Bobbos7Jun 24, 2018
Also seeing slightly blurry & can't focus a bit on things Is that normal ? Is this phenomena will disappear ? If it will disappear, gradually or sudden ? Can it be permanent ? What is the treatment of Rainbow glare ? When i can expect to get better ?

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Dr. Ahad Mahootchi, MD
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Answered on Jul 9, 2018
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Dr. Wesam Silk, MD
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