For Sandy /eye exam

Hi sandy
just had a complete eye exam... Problem going j was left eye blurry and terrible glare problem at night and lost sharpness....when the dr put a lens. I. Front of eye it helped but when he had me hold something up to my eye with holes in it.... It completly cleared it up all glare gone and sharpness back.. But my doc said that I had astigmatism and nearsighed in left eye and LASIK could not fx it cause the astigmatism was too minor???? Had LASIK in 2002 so he suggested contact lens for left eye????
How could it be to minor for LASIK??

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

Yes, there are cases where the refractive error is too small to correct with Lasik,  In other words you could be so close to zero (such at -0.25) that any small correction with the laser could push you past zero to something like +0.25.  The risk outweighs the potential benefit for some of these small refractive error.  Lasik is a highly effective procedure but every procedure has its own proper indications.

MJK MD