My 9 months old son poked my eye today (two days after LASIK). I'm not feeling any pain. Should I be concerned?

Visual recovery after RELEX surgery can take much longer than LASIK surgery so your symptoms are not surprising and should clear with further healing.

It takes more than a few days for your vision to stabilize following LASIK. In fact it can take up to three months for full visual stabilization. I urge you to be patient and allow your eyes to heal. Note that some patients who see 20/20 the day after surgery end up needing a touchup, and some...

As you know, your corneas are extremely thin. Patients with thin corneas present an increased risk for the postoperative complication known as ectasia, or destabilization of the structure of the cornea. Your prescription is mild, and does not require much corneal tissue to be removed (which...

The FDA has approved all excimer lasers used for LASIK to be OK for patients 21 and over (some, even 18). More importantly, it is essential to look at each individual person and how stable their vision is going into surgery. If your prescription has not changed much, you are perfectly fine to...

By the title of your question, I assume that your HOAs post-LASIK are increased compared to what they were pre-LASIK. Did you have standard or wavefront LASIK? Although possible, it is very uncommon for wavefront LASIK to cause an increase in HOAs. You don’t mention what your current p...

If your dog scratched the white part of your eye, you likely had a conjunctival abrasion at the site of the injury. The conjunctiva is the clear membrane covering the white of the eye. Typically this heals without any problem. However, it is not uncommon to have dryness of the eye occur...