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I have a +2.25 correction in my right eye 1.5 months after PRK - Should I worry?

user901Jan 29, 2019
I had surgery 6 years ago with lasik and needed an enhancement 1.5 months ago.. turns out I have a 2.25 overcorrection... I was told to put a salt eye drop in my eye (hurts) for a month... and they would look at it again Should I worry? Is it correctable? Will it heal overtime?

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Dr. Andrew Caster, MD
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Emil William Chynn, MD, FACS, MBA

ICL cant use wavefront technology to address HOA which is what you have, so you need a wavefront LASEK over your prior ICL, dont get PRK that is an archaic version of LASEK that hurts and lot and may scar

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Ahad Mahootchi, MD

It's uncommon but happens perhaps 1% of the time or less. Hopefully you had a true cycloplegic exam before your surgery. You need another one now to know what's going on for sure. It should be easy to correct.

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Martin L. Fox, MD

It is not usual to have some image ghosting early in the healing period. This can last 2-3 months. If it persists after that period then a wavefront evaluation to detect aberration in your focusing would be indicated. Custom retreatment could then address the issues. 

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