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I had PRK laser eye surgery 1 month ago. Still ghosting/shadow. Do I need a second surgery?

ELIASEHDec 27, 2018
I had in my left eye -3.5 myopia and 2.9 astigmatism and in my right eye -5 myopia and 2.9 astigmatism. My left eye is good no ghosting and good vision, but my right eye have shadow/ghosting as in the attached image, if I put my cell phone close, image is good in my right eye, as soon as I increase the distance of the phone from my right eye, the shadow/ghosting begins. Also in both eye, I have light around bright objects with dark background, do I need a second surgery? did I damaged my eye?

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