I recently had lasik eye surgery and it turns out one of my eyes has been overcorrected. My original prescription was -5.00 in both eyes. My right eye is now showing a perfect 20/20 vision. My left eye is showing I’m now +3.75. This doesn’t seem right, can one eye really be overcorrected this much? I’m afraid my doc made a mistake. He said he can fix it but I’m nervous about letting him do surgery again. Please advise...
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Hopefully, taking care of the dry eye will improve the vision and comfort.If there is a remnant prescription issue, you will still need to address the dryness first.In my experience, the fastest way to resolve the dryness issue is unfrozen autologous serum twice a day for two months.
I would expect some serious improvement over the next few weeks. If the enhancement was done with PRK the drops to afterwards to relieve pain (specifically cycloplegics) may hamper your reading.Of course a hyperopic outcome is possible or perhaps missing that cataract is the real cause of the p...
