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MooneyBlues 06-06-2014 01:50 PM

So I'm 3 months out and still have starbursts, but they are very minimal and go away about 5 minutes into preflight, so I guess they just have to adjust to the darkness and then I'm good. 20-15 in right 20-20 in left. He said at 6 months I should be fully stabilized and should see the starbursts go away entirely. So I am happy with it. To be honest I think I had worse vision with contacts at night anyway.

satpak77 06-06-2014 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by MooneyBlues (Post 1659757)
So I'm 3 months out and still have starbursts, but they are very minimal and go away about 5 minutes into preflight, so I guess they just have to adjust to the darkness and then I'm good. 20-15 in right 20-20 in left. He said at 6 months I should be fully stabilized and should see the starbursts go away entirely. So I am happy with it. To be honest I think I had worse vision with contacts at night anyway.

PRK takes sometimes a year, to be "zero, none, nada, post-surgery effects"

keep up the eye drops, SLEEP, and Vitamin C

NightIP 06-07-2014 06:06 PM

Glad to see others have been having great results, as well!

I'm 5 months post-LASIK (custom wavefront), and things couldn't be better. The haziness and slight blurriness I first experienced in my left eye is gone, as well as the starbursts and halos at night. I believe I have better night vision now than when I wore glasses. The dryness is also gone.

I also got my corrective lenses limitation removed from my medical for the first time ever. Worth every penny. :)


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