I had z lasik 10 days ago...my eye was -8 cylnder 2.5....snd I still can.t see clearly in short medium and far distance...yesterday I check my eyes in an optic and they say my eye is -0.5 and cylnder 0.75....but when I try use glasses...it still blurry but clearer a bit....but when I use reading glasses with +2 I can see so.much clearly for short. medium and even far distance...and I can use computer if i use the glasses...will the glasses slow my healing process ?? is it normal to be like me ??
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Corneal thickness is generally tested using an ultrasound pachymeter. Sixteen years of age is too young for laser surgery but you may be a candidate when you are older. Most surgeons perform LASIK or PRK on patients 22 years and older.
If your prescription is truly a +12.0, then it would be one of the worst cases of farsightedness that I have ever seen. This is, however, consistent with your extremely small eye, since farsightedness results when you inherit a small short eye. This severity would make any laser approach...
While most patients have excellent results early after lasik, not all fall into that category. At 1 week post-op, it is still early and the result can be affected by a number of factors including your personal healing rate and your tear film. In general, the way I would treat this would be to...