Not sure if I am too late for this, but here goes. I had LASIK back in 2006 on both eyes. My contacts prescription was -9.5 and -8.5 in my right and left eyes, and the constant usage ( 10 years) was drying out my eyes. I was advised seek LASIK Or revert back to glasses.
After a successful surgery, I enjoyed great vision, but it seemed to get a bit worse as the year progressed. After a full year, the Dr did a touch up in my left eye, but not my right. Said my right will strengthen to match the right (?)
Fast forward to 6/2012 and the birth of my first child, I had difficulty seeing at night, and thought it was from the pregnancy. However my vision slowly creeped up the "getting worse" scale until 2014 when I saw an ophthalmologist because I was unable street signs to see to safely drive. Eye tests came back normal, they seemed to stabilize at -1.50 in my left eye and -2 in my right.
Two years later I'm at -2.50 in both eyes. My right eye tests at a weaker prescription, however it doesn't work and I can't see, so I do the terrible thing and use a stronger prescription.
the doctor I saw in 2014 said I can do LASIK again, but I'm obviously nervous. Do I just stick with glasses and contacts for the rest of my life?
I also have dry eye issues from the LASIK as well. :/ thanks so much!
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Not sure if I am too late for this, but here goes. I had LASIK back in 2006 on both eyes. My contacts prescription was -9.5 and -8.5 in my right and left eyes, and the constant usage ( 10 years) was drying out my eyes. I was advised seek LASIK Or revert back to glasses. After a successful surgery, I enjoyed great vision, but it seemed to get a bit worse as the year progressed. After a full year, the Dr did a touch up in my left eye, but not my right. Said my right will strengthen to match the right (?)
Fast forward to 6/2012 and the birth of my first child, I had difficulty seeing at night, and thought it was from the pregnancy. However my vision slowly creeped up the "getting worse" scale until 2014 when I saw an ophthalmologist because I was unable street signs to see to safely drive. Eye tests came back normal, they seemed to stabilize at -1.50 in my left eye and -2 in my right. Two years later I'm at -2.50 in both eyes. My right eye tests at a weaker prescription, however it doesn't work and I can't see, so I do the terrible thing and use a stronger prescription.
the doctor I saw in 2014 said I can do LASIK again, but I'm obviously nervous. Do I just stick with glasses and contacts for the rest of my life? I also have dry eye issues from the LASIK as well. :/ thanks so much!
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