Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or other visual symptoms

Re:Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or othe... by tominous on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @05:17PM (#13026234)

Apply a cycloplegic such as atropine to the eye to force the eye muscles to relax and focus as far away as possible. Then use a retinoscope to shine light on the retina and observe it while adjusting lenses over the eye.

And of course slightly older babies have ways of communicating without words! https://youtube.com/watch?v=84-Cuc-Tz2o

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Re:Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or othe... by nommm-nommm on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:49PM (#13027027)

Thanks for the information! Are you an opthalmologist by any chance?

As far as babies being able to communicate in other ways, my mom noticed that it seemed like I was having trouble with vision well before I could talk, that's how I ended up in the opthalmologist's office in the first place. :)

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Re:Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or othe... by tominous on Thursday November 24, 2016 @03:18AM (#13029010)

I'm not an ophthalmologist but I did a lot of reading and talking to optometrists when I couldn't quite get a prescription I liked. It was one of the tests I considered.

For what it's worth I solved my own issue by insisting on a slightly stronger prescription (-0.25) for my myopia. It's well worth a try, especially for driving at night. The easiest way to tell if it would help is if green traffic lights look significantly blurrier than than red traffic lights in the distance.

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Re:Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or othe... by WWLink on Thursday November 24, 2016 @05:20AM (#13029503)

I love the way all the kids with the glasses go :OOO THIS IS AWESOME!

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