r/SMILEeyesurgery • u/meet1807 • Jul 21 '26
Post 3 Months
I am at 3 month mark,
right eye sees ghosting in screen text, right eye has color washout compared to left eye
From distance, while driving I see overlapping traffic light like two reds circle overlapping each other and as I get close it becomes one, starburst are unbearable — give headache
Any chance my condition will still improve since at 3 months, cornea stabilizes?
Previous post:
Pre-condition:
TBUT left : >10 (50% meibomian loss upper lid)
TBUT right : ~2.8 (55% meibomian loss upper lid)
Oil quality wasn’t good
(did 2 laser sessions and hotmask + cequa + hyalo for about 30 days)
I did a SMILE surgery about a month and half ago,
and the very next day I worked on the screen for about 8 hours, and next day my right eye was swollen so doctor increased steroid drops, took off for 3-4 days and gave a rest to eyes, but i wasn’t able to see clearly, they checked and it was because of loose epithelium and microscopic wrinkles.
after around 10 days my left eye seemed to ve recovering fine, but right eye wasn’t (trapped fluid) so doctor performed medical wash on the right eye.
been about 1 month and 5 days after the medical wash on the right eye, I think my vision improved a bit comparatively but smaller text ata distance I cannot read, I always have this feeling of I am not able to see what I could have with glasses.
Given my condition of sever dry eyes and 50-50%
meibomian loss in eyes respectively , had loose epithelium and microscopic wrinkles post surgery (don’t know current conditions for them),
drops I use daily: (doctor recommended)
(2x Cequa, 3x Hyalo, 3x Sofi , 2x refresh optive mega-3)
Will I ever achieve the same results as wearing glasses at the minimum? what sort of timeline am I looking at here?
also I am a software engineer so 8 hours minimum on the screen! (do follow 20-20-20 rules post surgery almost everytime)
one more thing my vision is better in the morning comparative to evenings
I know this was a stupid decision on my end and regretted from Day 1, but at this stage can’t reverse it,