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Over correction by 1.5, is there an mistake made ?

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I had my Lasik 8 days ago. My pre-lasik prescriptions were Left: -7 Right -7 The target for Lasik was Left 0 Right -1.25 However, 8 days after the surgery, I am now at Left: +1.5 Right 0 So I am over corrected 22% on both eyes. 1) Is this statistically normal ? or a mistake has been made ? 2) secondly, I was asked to continue to use "Diclofenac Sodium 01%" eye drops every 3 hours, in the hope it may help reduce the over correction, is this the right type of medicine ? will it help at all ?

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