I had LASIK 6 years ago, since then I see double. If I close one eye (no matter which) second, ghost image disappears.

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I also have headaches , pain in my right eye (the left is ,,lazy") I have hypermetropia and astigmatism, at age of 4 I had eye surgery on left eye, because of esotropia, since my teenager years it turned into exotropia, but it has never caused double vision before Lasik. Prisms doesn't work for me, my left eye moves inside and outside in response of different prisms, doctors say that it's difference between what helps me to see one image and what my eye actually needs. it there any cure?

Ahad Mahootchi, MD · Answer

Sound like your eyes have a tendency cross. Since the double vision only occurs when both eyes are open, it doesn't sound like the LASIK per se caused your problem.
If your wore, contacts before the LASIK you may have been able to notice the same issue.
Overtime, the crossing gets more difficult to manage and and the older brain can't make the 2 eyes' images work together.
Prism usually fixes the issue. If your current doctors have trouble getting the prism to work then a cycloplegic exam and perhaps a visit with a strabismologist (usually a pediatric ophthalmologist) might be the next step.

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