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I heard that powers do not come back after a successful lasik surgery. I had -4 Sph -4 cyl in right eye and -6 Sph -2 cyl in left eye before lasik. Now after 1.5 years of lasik, my right eye has power of -0.5 sph -2 cyl and left eye has power has -1 sph -0.25 cyl. Doctors warned me before lasik that my right eye had steep cornea and non uniform thickness due to high cylindrical power.
I want to know that why this power came back ?
Is this a case of regression due to high myopia or is it a case of under correction (due to non uniform thickness of cornea)?
What is the cause?
Will my power increase further?
Treatment options? Specs or further surgery?
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To know why this power came back, regression or undercorrection -
Your post operative records can clarify this,
"Regression" presents as a slowly increasing power over a period of time after surgery.
"Undercorrection" presents usually very soon after the surgery & pure undercorrection usually does not show progression.
The other possiblity is continuing "progression" of your myopia.
What is the cause, will it continue increasing - there can be several causes, but the important thing here is we can never predict which patient can face this issue before hand, so the doctors also don't have any means to predict progression or regression of power.
Treatment options - there are several options & depend on mainly your vision & visual needs & your cornea topography status.
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Refractive surgeon's opinion
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Regression is a well known phenomenon and may not reflect quality or care of surgery. It is a multi factorial problem.
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