hie..i am 21 now and wanted to go for lasik operation but my corneal thickness is 470 and i am a patient of myopia with -8(both eyes) and doctor told me that they cannot undergo lasik in eyes whose cornea is below 500 microns... so my question to you is that is there any way out to increase the thickness of a cornea..?
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You had a high prescription. Even though the enhancement rate (retreatment) is less than 2 percent for most surgeons and surgeries in your group it may be double or triple that rate. As long as glasses corrects you to 20/20 it is likely that with an enhancement yiu will do well if...
Haze after PRK is managed with UV protection (sunglasses) and topical steroid drops. Often surgeons use a topical medicine called Mitomycin C immediately after the procedure to minimize haze formation. Most surgeons employ a post-operative steroid drop taper over weeks to months. Typically I use...
Dry eye following laser vision correction of any kind, whether that is PRK or LASIK, can cause fluctuations in vision. One way to assess if dry eye might be the cause is to resume artificial tears. If your vision clears with the use of artificial tears, dry eye may be at the root of your problem...
