LASIK treats amyotrophy (nearsightedness), hyperopia, and astigmatism.
It can live with no eyewear, contact lenses, and clear vision. Laser eye surgery such as PRK and LASEK have excellent safety profiles and excellent success rates to improve patients’ vision.
One of the significant complications of Lasik overcorrection is the double vision or ghost images.
It can usually treat the most frequent eye damage and a loss of sight caused by the laser vision correction procedure through additional surgeries or medical treatment.
LASIK (REFRACTIVE SURGERY)?
LASIK, PRK, or other types of laser vision correction may cause double vision.
Changing the cornea on the lens can affect light rays — causing light scattering in different directions rather than focusing. The problem usually settles itself within several months.
Patients should be careful using eye drops during their treatment and avoid infection.
During an unsuccessful operation, the condition can require a laser vision correction.
Side effects and complications
Thousands of Americans have undergone LASIK refractive surgery in the last 20 years in the United States.
Experienced LASIK surgeons report a decrease in severe complications in a patient’s eyes in the resulting years.
Diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) describes an extremely rare, non-infectious refractive surgery flap complication where inflammatory cells beneath the corneal flap interface.
Many such conditions are successfully managed by medical treatment or surgery from your eye doctor.
In extreme cases of severe cornea damage, your eye surgeon may recommend a corneal transplant.
Temporarily uncomfortable and vision disturbances. The initial few weeks following the LASIK refractive surgery will generally have mild irritations, blurred vision, and sensitivity to light.
Risks And Limitations
Not every patient will need Laser eye surgery.
Various conditions and anatomical factors can reduce your risk for unwanted Lasik outcomes and distorted vision results.
A too thin or irregular cornea with large pupils has higher risks.
De-centered Laser Ablations
We find this is one of the possible complications for loss of laser eye correction, or “regression.”
Some lasers were not good at tracking eyes when they moved, and the laser eye correction would be made off-center resulting in distorted vision.
The surface transparent skin layer, or epithelial cells, changes shape to compensate for the irregularity.
Then severe cases of vision problems occur, including blurriness, double vision, poor night vision, glare, and halos.
Your eye surgeon can repair by corneal laser reconstruction using topographic guided ablation or WaveLight Contoura, which will fix the decentration and the visual problems.
What is under-correction?
Occasionally, an eye surgeon doesn’t remove enough corneal tissue. As a result, even after a reasonable healing period, the patient’s vision is not fully corrected.
When this happens, it’s usually in nearsighted patients. To fully finish the correction, you may need another LASIK procedure within a year of the first. You’re in for another LASIK procedure.
What is overcorrection?
What happens in LASIK overcorrection? Due to flap complications.
Overcorrection is when too much tissue is removed during LASIK.
Usually, your eye surgeon can fix it with an enhancement.
Still, in some instances, it can cause Kerectasia, a thinning of the cornea that makes the cornea unstable and irregular with significant vision problems.
This condition, in turn, can cause the cornea to bulge and distort vision, making correcting more complex.
Overcorrection is the result of incorrect measurement by the eye surgeon. Or to a flap that is the wrong thickness.
The treatment that can restore sight is topographic guided ablation combined with corneal cross-linking. This procedure has the possibility of fully restoring your vision and correcting the problem.
Lasik overcorrection symptoms
Dry or itchy eyes: It’s common to experience dry, itchy eyes and mild irritation for the first few weeks after Lasik surgery. LASIK decreases tear production, results in dry eyes for up to six months.
In some cases, patients develop dry eye syndrome, affecting vision quality.
Your doctor may recommend several therapies to treat dry eye, including over-the-counter or prescription eye drops to relieve these symptoms. See additional help from TheraLife.
Light sensitivity, glare, double vision: You may notice increased light sensitivity and difficulty seeing at night for days to weeks after the procedure.
Some people also experience double vision, glare, or a “halo effect” around lights or ghost images.
Often affected night vision makes driving difficult. Wearing glasses can help correct some of the problems.
Sensitivity to light can cause eyes to water, producing too much tear to drain through the tear ducts.
Flap complications -eye infections or tearing: Your surgeon will create a LASIK flap in your cornea during the LASIK procedure, which comes with a very low risk of eye infection, tearing, or abnormal tissue growth resulting in irregular healing.
Under or overcorrection: If your surgeon removes too much corneal tissue (overcorrection) or too little (under-correction), you may not achieve a sharp vision.
Under corrections can often be resolved with another laser correction procedure; however, overcorrections are more challenging to treat.
Astigmatism: Irregular astigmatism – uneven tissue removal during LASIK can cause astigmatism.
This misshapen cornea results in blurred vision especially distance vision.
Sometimes residual astigmatism exists after LASIK. Treating astigmatism may require wearing eyeglasses, contacts, or additional laser correction surgery.
Worsened or loss of vision: In rare cases, patients may experience worse vision than before the surgery or vision loss that does not improve with eyeglass lenses or contacts.
If you experience severe pain or other new, unusual, or worsening symptoms, seek medical attention.
How common are complications?
Safety is increasing as the surgical techniques are improved.
Typically corneal flap and refractive error complications were more common throughout the early years of LASIK.
Several studies published in late 1990 showed that about five percent of Lasik patients had some Lasik complications.
Currently, there are fewer than 1% the cases of serious medical problems. LASIK has remained a significant concern among patients worldwide.
Complications.
DRY EYES
A severe dry eye can lead the eye to produce an image with ghostly effects causing double vision. The treatment can also involve eye drops (potential prescriptions or a punctal plug), eye vitamins, and improved eye hygiene techniques.
BRAIN OR CRANIAL ISSUE – double vision
Strokes, brain trauma, tumors in the brain, aneurysms, and brain palsy can be the most likely cause of double-vision.
When you’ve had a recent concussion or had a family history of traumatic brain injury or diabetes, you may refer to a doctor.
CATARACTS
The cataract may cause ghosts and double vision, mainly if the patient focuses on the bright lights. Usually, the lens is cloudy resulting in hazy vision.
The eye’s natural lens lies behind the pupil and scatters light rays in several directions and creates a distorted image.
In general, surgical removal of old lenses via laser cataract treatment is effective.
CORNEAL IRREGULARITIES- double vision
Experiencing double vision is a compulsion that occurs when corneal structures have deteriorated or become damaged due to keratoconus.
Various conditions may require special contact lenses, dry eye treatments such as eye drops or puncture plugs. Sometimes corneal transplantation or enhancement surgery is necessary to correct the situation and prevent future complications.
Your eye doctor can guide the optimal treatment option.
Who should avoid Laser eye surgery?
Although effective in most patients, LASIK doesn’t suit everyone; however, various advanced techniques can make it a more practical option.
Laser technology has changed, and doctors differ significantly.
Some LASIK procedures do different things, but some are different in visual outcomes. Some first-time patients were not considered good candidates due to this initiative’s excitement.
Not everyone is a good candidate for LASIK eye surgery.
There are several reasons why LASIK may not be a good choice of vision correction for some patients. Below is some information about who should not get LASIK:
Those who are younger than 18 years old. LASIK results are permanent. However, a person’s eye can change throughout life. Because vision can change dramatically during the adolescent years, LASIK is not recommended for anyone under 18.
Those who are pregnant or nursing. Hormone fluctuations during pregnancy and nursing can cause changes to a woman’s vision and corrective prescription.
Mothers considering Laser eye surgery should wait 3-6 months or longer after weaning to allow their medication to stabilize.
Those who are taking certain prescription drugs.
Some prescription drugs can interfere with LASIK results. For example, some steroids may delay healing and decrease optimal results.
Acne medications can cause significant dry eye, increasing the chance of corneal scarring after LASIK.
Those whose vision is not stable. If your prescription fluctuates, you will not be considered a good candidate for LASIK surgery.
Most doctors prefer your prescription to be stable for one to two years. Prescriptions can fluctuate for a variety of reasons.
Contact lens wear, diabetic blood sugar changes, and normal aging changes can cause your prescription to change over time.
Certain medical conditions can affect how your body heals after surgery—those who are not in good general health or have a genetic predisposition for autoimmune diseases.
Patients with autoimmune diseases are not good LASIK candidates. Many autoimmune disorders cause dry eye syndrome.
A dry eye may not heal well and has a higher risk of post-LASIK infection. Other conditions such as Sjogren’s, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, glaucoma, cataracts, or multiple sclerosis often affect LASIK results.
Those who have dry eye syndrome. A person with dry eyes has an increased risk for significant post-LASIK discomfort and a possible worsening of dry eye symptoms.
Having dry eyes can also delay proper healing. Some people with dry eye symptoms can find relief through various treatments.
Sometimes patients are placed on particular dry eye medications before LASIK eye surgery.
Specific procedures, such as punctal occlusion, may help the dry eye condition and minimize unwanted symptoms.
Those who have unrealistic expectations. If you expect perfection, LASIK may not be for you.
While Laser eye surgery is an excellent vision correction procedure for many people, it is not for everyone.
Every patient heals differently after the surgery. After undergoing Laser eye surgery , there is always a possibility that you may need to wear reading glasses or corrective lenses for at least some activities.
Is it time to seek LASIK correction?
Although LASIK has helped thousands of people, many complications are still possible.
Unfortunately, we can’t avoid them. Contact an eye surgeon today for a consultation.
Give yourself access to ocular surgery that offers the latest surgical techniques. In case of an issue, there are now available special procedures that can fix the vast majority of the problems.
GET PROFESSIONAL EYE CARE
You can have the best vision outcomes using experienced, proficient eye surgeons. Get your doctor to see you ASAP so they can fix any health problems that may occur.
Eyewear after Laser eye surgery
Laser eye surgery is intended to eliminate the need for lenses unless you want to wear contact lenses.
You should often wear glasses (part-time or full-time) after your LASIK procedure.
The light-sensitive eyeglass can ease the photophobia caused by dehydrated skin after cataract removal.
When mild residual refractive errors are not required for surgery, wearing corrective glasses is an excellent option for specific sight tasks like driving at night.
Treatment options – How TheraLife can help
TheraLife has an oral formula that restores and revives your tear production from the inside out. It is clinically proven to work for dry eyes after LASIK.
It speeds tissue recovery after LASIK
Pre-surgical care
- Gives you healthy eyes before LASIK surgery to prevent you from developing dry eyes.
- Based on the clinically proven success of TheraLife® Eye- many doctors are now recommending TheraLife® Eye as a pre-treatment for patients
Post-surgical care
- TheraLife® Eye post-surgery to accelerate tissue healing and prevent dry eyes.
- Speed up dry eye recovery and ensure success. Prevent the development of chronic dry eyes.
- Reduce the onset and duration of post-Lasik induced dry eye conditions.
Fast relief for LASIK dry eyes with TheraLIfe
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