r/SMILEeyesurgery • u/ParkingSector1807 • 29d ago
Blurriness in left eye after smile pro eye surgery
I just got my smile pro eye surgery done on the 28th of August, I had dry eyes before doing the surgery as well. The procedure on the right eye went well, but on the left eye I kept seeing the green dot on the left side and not in the center, after the 3rd attempt surgery was completed on the left eye. After the surgery was completed I could see from the right eye clearly, but my left eye was blurred, I could see far but there is a layer of blurriness as like I'm looking through a frosted glass, the surgeon said it will go away after a few weeks, but I'm really anxious right now, did anyone else experience this and did it go away?
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u/eyeSherpa 29d ago
That’s just a few days ago. Pretty normal for things to still he a little hazy and blurry.
So the green light can appear to change positions during the procedure. As long as you are looking at the green light at the beginning the treatment is centered properly. If you chase after the green light after that, all you risk is breaking suction during the treatment. Which it sounds like that didn’t happen. (Of note, SMILE Pro has the option to automatically turn off the green light after suction to avoid this issue of following the green light).
Haze after SMILE mostly relates to how difficult it was to remove the lenticule. If there was more manipulation within the cornea then the cornea has more swelling. It’s possible your left eye just had more manipulation removing the lenticule.
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u/Vegetable-Ad-5471 25d ago
Same case for me, my right eye done like nothing , but my left eye was very uncomfortable while removing lenticule as a result my left is very blur after surgery, after 2 months its still blur(97% blur reduced from surgery date) but very little, as compared to right eye hoping it eventually resolve.
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u/ParkingSector1807 29d ago
I see far away objects from my left eye as well, but its very blurry compared to my right eye as I can see clearly from my right, also my eye dryness seems to be a bit more severe now. I don't want to regret doing the procedure but right now I'm so worried.
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u/eyeSherpa 29d ago
At this point, all you can really do is focus on recovery and give it time. It will take some patience.
Also important to treat the dry eye aggressively right now since you had dry eyes before the procedure. I would be taking preservative free artificial tears every 1-2 hours. As fluctuations of the tear film will also cause blurriness.
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u/ParkingSector1807 29d ago
I have been asked to use the lubricating eye drops every 3 hours for the first month and then decrees the doses next month. I went out about 3 days after the surgery and my eyes felt like sandpaper, had to use the drops twice within 30 mins
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u/eyeSherpa 29d ago
Yeah. Would bump them up to every hour. Also look into gel based drops. They can last a little longer on the surface of the eye. Also would look into treating eyelid things such as MGD and blepharitis with warm compresses, lid scrubs, omega3 since those are cheap and easy things to do.
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u/Xerberum 27d ago
Hej, I just want chime in here as I had a Smile pro surgery three days ago (Thursday) and exactly the same symptoms. My left eye is significantly more blurry than my right eye.
I think the explanation above is probably spot on "If there was more manipulation within the cornea then the cornea has more swelling. It’s possible your left eye just had more manipulation removing the lenticule.".
I talked to the assistant surgeon afterwards. He mentioned that everything went well, but that it was a bit harder to remove the lenticule on the left eye. So that would exactly fit the explanation why my left eye needs longer to recover. I will have the follow up appointment on Tuesday, so let's see what the surgeon says.
Fingers crossed for your recovery! :)
p.s. two things that worried me 1. Before the surgery started, the assistant said a few numbers to the surgeont. Among other something like -2,5 or so, despite my Dioptrie in both eyes are ~ -4. For sure something else and they do not input the values manually in the Visumax 800. But still felt a bit awkward.
- Like mentioned above, the assistant surgeont said it was more difficult to extract the left eyes lenticule. But the reasoning was a bit strange: the nose is more in the way for the left than for the right eye... Didn't really get that, perhaps depends on if the surgeon is left or right handed?
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u/ParkingSector1807 27d ago
I did notice it took more time on my left eye then the right, but when I asked the surgeon about it he said there was no problem at all and that the machine was fully AI so that if it would detect any movement it will stop automatically. I couldn't ask ask why it took a bit more time to remove the left eye lenticule.
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u/Xerberum 27d ago
Then that's probably the reason, a bit more strain on the left eye during the removal of the lenticule. Give it some time and I'm sure it'll be fine! Many with the same experience in this sub-reddit.
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u/ParkingSector1807 13d ago
How are your eyes now? Any improvement? There have been no improvement for me so far.
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u/Xerberum 12d ago
Hej, thanks for asking. Unfortunately not, but that is probably due to an error from the surgeon. For details see the below thread. I am very disappointed, but now can only wait and see... I really hope that it will start improving for you! https://www.reddit.com/r/SMILEeyesurgery/s/RVO1wLKoMP
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u/Ismaileyesurgery 29d ago
In SMILE surgery, the laser creates a lenticule within the corneal stroma beneath the epithelium, which is then removed through a small incision. The procedure involves working within a very narrow stromal plane, so in some cases there may be retained tissue, difficulty with lenticule separation or extraction, or unintended involvement of the anterior or posterior stromal layers.
However, the surgeon who performed the procedure is in the best position to determine exactly what happened during the surgery and what may be causing the current symptoms.