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40(m). I had lasik 18 years ago which worked fine. However some astigmatism has returned in both eyes. My RE is worse with -1D cyl. I have been for 2 consultations and both said they would touch up the RE. One of them offered to do transprk whilst the other offered to re lift the original flap and touch up.

I am confused as to which to opt for. The flap re lift seems more appealing due to less downtime but then you have to factor in the risk of epithelial ingrowth.

Has anyone had anything similar? Any thoughts of this?

40M. To try and keep a long story short, I had lasik 17 years ago for relatively mild myopia and astigmatism. All worked well. However over the past few years some astigmatism has returned, myopia has remained at Plano.

My current prescription is:

Right eye - plano sph, -1D Cyl

Left eye - Plano sph, - .75Cyl.

This has remained stable for at least 8 years, well, there has been a slightly .25 increase in my left eye. I went for a consultation the other day and overall eye health check.

Eyes are pretty much fine, some dry eye but nothing dramatic. Enough cornea and no irregularities. I actually see slightly below 20/20 with my left eye despite the astigmatism. This is now my dominant eye (it was the right eye before surgery).

My right eye is worse and I notice the blur much more. The surgeon said he would happily enhance the right eye (with transPRK as to not disturb the flap). But he said I see well enough with my left and doesn’t just want to ‘chase numbers’ on a prescription.

I’ll be going for a second consultation just because i also like the look of another surgeon. However, my question is, if I enhance my now non dominant eye - will I start to notice the slight imperfection in my current ‘good’ eye?? Or will it be likely that my overall sharpness increases with the enhancement? It’s quite confusing as I’d prefer both to be done - but then if I just have one I don’t want it to be a waste of time? Might my brain switch back to the right eye being dominant if corrected?

Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks everyone!