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Blurry vision 10 days after PRK, is this normal?

Reserved3630Apr 9, 2019
Hello I've had PRK 10 days ago. After removing the contacts my vision started to slightly improve but for the last 2 days things are staring to get blurry and double visioned. Is this normal? If so when does it stabilize?

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