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I hope this documentary helps someone. Broken Eyes was honestly really hard to watch. If you’re already dealing with LASIK complications, ghosting, dry eyes, weird vision issues, pain, or just the mental stress from all of this, it can hit pretty hard emotionally.

Warning: For someone going through vision problems due to Lasik, this is a really hard watch. It was hard for me to watch, but I am grateful that it is not worse then what it is after watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9g4tnLL2r4

But at the same time, seeing what other people are going through, especially people with even worse complications, weirdly helped me mentally deal with my own situation. It made me feel less alone.

But

One thing that’s helped me a lot is trying to stop focusing on my vision problems every second of the day. I noticed the more I obsessed over the ghosting and distortions, the worse they felt. But over time, when I started trying to live normally again and stopped checking my vision constantly, my brain slowly started ignoring parts of it more. Almost like it learns to tune some of it out.

This documentary is heartbreaking and really difficult to sit through. But maybe for someone else out there, it can help you feel understood or help you mentally cope a little better too.

Please write below if you have watched it and what your thoughts and feelings are. Much love to everyone in this thread!

After LASIK, I experienced ghosting in my right eye almost immediately. Initially, it would fluctuate, so I clung to the hope it was simply part of the healing process.

About a year later, it became a constant presence, occurring approximately 80% of the time. Now, two years on, it feels permanent.

What’s particularly striking is how certain colours behave. Green and blue lights, especially LEDs, blur and smear completely in that eye. Describing it is difficult unless you’ve experienced it yourself, but it’s as if the image duplicates and stretches.

The only reason it’s somewhat manageable is that my left eye is unaffected. With both eyes open, my brain compensates and conceals the issue. However, the problem remains.

I had the surgery at and consulted one of Sydney’s top clinics, but I felt completely dismissed. They reiterated that it would resolve itself despite my explanation that it’s actually worsened over time. It felt like I wasn’t being taken seriously.

Has anyone else experienced something similar this long after LASIK? I’d greatly appreciate hearing if this is more common than it seems.

💔 👁️ Broken Eyes Was Painful To Watch But I Think I Needed It

2 Years Post-LASIK - Ghosting Worse, Not Better 👻👁️