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Many surgeons will perform surgery on patients that are 18 years old if their prescription has been stable over the past couple of years. There are many things that have to be considered in addition to your prescription power to make sure that you are good candidate to have any laser vision correction procedure so my advice to you would be to schedule a LASIK consultation with a doctor near you to see if you are a good candidate.
Many providers will provide surgery for those that are age 18 and above if their vision has been stable for a period of time. If your vision is still changing, you will need to wait for the vision to stabilize before undergoing LASIK.
Without knowing all circumstances its hard to know exactly what occurred with your surgery. You may have experienced a rare situation where the corneas/flaps get inflamed and require re-floating, as you mentioned. If you have any autoimmune diseases (e.g. lupus) or collagen vascular...
You may wear make up and lotion the days leading up to procedure. However, I would recommend staying away from products around the eye area the day of the procedure to avoid possible infections.
Interestingly, I am seeing this more and more in my practice now! Just when you thought doing lasik was going to remove glasses and contacts, patients want to go back to contacts to change their eye colors! My first recommendation to you is that they absolutely cannot go in your...
Your eyes are still healing 11 days after the procedure. Some level of fluctuation is expected as the eyes continue to heal. I would suggest using preservative-free artificial tears for at least 1 month after the procedure which will aid in the healing process. If you have symptoms such as pai...
I'm so sorry to hear about your recent miscarriage. My recommendation would be to hold off on surgery for at least a few weeks or until you feel like you are emotionally ready to proceed with surgery. I would feel the same way about almost any type of surgery (plastic surgery, heart...
I am sorry to here that you are having difficulty with your vision after lasik surgery. It is very common for one eye to be corrected better than the other eye. I tell all patients this in advance to expect this. Just like one of our arms is longer than the other arm. Our...
