My left is a crisp and clear 20/15, right eye is a slightly blurry 20/30, it does not see the crisp edges of things as well as the left. Moisture drops do not help, however when I put my old prescription glasses on (-1.75L/-1.50R) it makes the right eye crisp and clear just like my left eye without the glasses. I also had astigmatism in both eyes which they said should be corrected. My question is will my right eye catch up with my left eye or is this an undercorrection?
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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...
