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Is It Common for Your Vision to Be Worse After a PRK Enhancement?

very frustratedNov 12, 2010
I had lasik 11 years ago and 3 weeks ago I had PRK enhancement, my vision is far worse than it was before the enhancement, both near and far vision, is that normal?

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Dr. Farzad Yaghouti, MD
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Dr. Michael Gordon, MD
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Dr. Anthony J. Kameen, MD (retired)
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