How does corneal flap heals after Lasik? Does it heal only at the edges or the entire flap under surface heals and attaches itself back to the treated corneal base. How strong is the healed bond? In case of any potential accident or rubbing the eyes will not dislodge the flap right?
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At +8.50D you are beyond the range of what can or should be
treated with LASIK or other forms of laser corneal refractive surgery. These procedures steepen the cornea to
reduce farsightedness. The extreme
amount of steepening required to eliminate your degree of farsightedness would
be...
It is certainly possible for LASIK
to cause dryness of the eyes, however usually it will occur within weeks of
your surgery, not five years later.
More likely your dryness is something that would have happened even had
you not undergone LASIK. Dryness
occurs more frequently as people...
Monovision can take some getting
used to, and some patients never get used to it. If you did monovision prior to surgery with contacts and
adapted well to that, you certainly should adapt to it with LASIK surgery. Most patients will adapt within 2-4
weeks, and 10% will not adapt at all.
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