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Yes, you can use sterile water to clean the eyes, but this would not be the best choice. The best is use something that is more similar to tears, which as you know contain salt. The ideal solution would be sterile saline solution, not sterile water.
Preservative free vials are the recommended post-surgical drops. These should not replace any medicated drops that your surgeon may have you taking. To avoid dilution of your medicated drops, do not take these immediately before or after use of your medicated drops.
PRK averages 6 months of fluctuating vision before settling in. Let the eyes continue to heal and continue your follow-ups. Healing with PRK is something that takes time and patience.
At this point, you should revisit your doctor to narrow down the cause of the blurry and fluctuating vision.
I'm sorry to hear that you are having irritation in your eyes after laser vision correction. Because of newer technology, this complication is happening much less frequently and can sometimes be predicted beforehand. Schedule a consultation with a board certified ophthalmologist who treats d...
As you were told, night vision symptoms typically improve with time. However, if it has not improved after several months, you should get reevaluated by your surgeon. Frequently, treatable conditions such as residual refractive error, ocular surface problems, or other conditions may cause...
Glasses won't help it is optically impossible as they are not locked onto your eye and don't adjust to pupil sizeyou need a HD LASEK with a WIDE ZONE and MMC to prevent scarring of your prior LASIK flap if you had thator this can be done as primary treatment
You should have gotten LASEK its recovery is much faster than PRKYour case sounds to me to be more than slow recovery after PRK See a cornea/Refractive-trained specialist for a second opinion
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