I am scheduled to have lasik eye surgery. I took low dose accutane for 2 months and calculated the total dose I took to 150 mg at most. Can I get lasik before 6 months?
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Due to your corneal thickness and high astigmatism you may not be eligible for regular LASIK. However, as with most high prescriptions you should go into a consultation, do all the necessary exams and be evaluated by a board certified refractive surgeon.
It depends on your vision in the eye. Some people are able to see 20/20 even with -0.50 myopia in that eye. With additional surgery there's always a risk, if you're already seeing well out of that eye I may recommend leaving it like that since the myopia will actually help you with reading once...
Stability is an important thing to establish prior to doing refractive surgery. This depends on a number of factors including your age, your refraction, and other associated findings. For the FDA trials, a change of less than 0.50 diopters over the course of a year was considered...
