Regression

Another complication that can occur, but which you rarely hear people talk about is regression. When regression occurs, the eye tends to regress back towards its original prescription. Believe it or not, this situation can and does sometimes occur. If it does occur, a Lasik doctor can perform an enhancement on it to correct the problem. Unfortunately, there is a caveat to the enhancement. For the Lasik surgeon to perform the enhancement, your cornea will have to meet a certain threshold for thickness. If you do need an enhancement, it will most likely be performed around three to six months after the first Lasik eye surgery.

Over Correction During Lasik

Sometimes, despite a skilled eye surgeon’s best efforts, this complication does occur. While over correction may sound like a good thing, it is not what you think. Your eye sight does not go to 20/15, as you may suspect. In fact, if you had been suffering from myopia before, with over correction, your near term vision can become very blurry. Additionally, your long distance vision can also be affected, resulting in blurry eye sight. Very fortunately, a Lasik eye surgeon can fix this problem by performing another Lasik procedure. When this happens, the second procedure is called an enhancement.