I'm 7 months post op lasik, I was treated for astigmatism, as well as being very nearsighted. Prior to surgery I had excelent night vision with corrective lens.
Currently my vision is 20/20 and 20/15 and have gone through a period of poor night vision, fog like, including halos. Night vision has improved, the halos are very mild. I still have a fog like vision in dim light during the day, everything appears as if I were wearing a greasy contact lens, vision is worse when I move from bright sun into shade. Some nights I have trouble reading road signs with 12 inch high letters, they are not readable until I'm 3 to 400 feet away.
I've had trouble explaining the issue, because I see great when looking at an object in good lighting. Is this a common complication? My eye doctor does seem to have name for this issue.
Seeing thru Fog

>I had LASIK done in one eye 6 months ago and have the same problem described here. With my contact eye my night vision is great and with my LASIK eye anything that is in not in brightly lit areas appears slightly foggy. Is that considered normal? If not, is it correctable?

I'm 7 months post op lasik, I
>was treated for astigmatism, as well
>as being very nearsighted. Prior
>to surgery I had excelent night
>vision with corrective lens. Currently my
>vision is 20/20 and 20/15 and
>have gone through a period of
>poor night vision, fog like, including
>halos. Night vision has improved,
>the halos are very mild. I
>still have a fog like vision
>in dim light during the day,
>everything appears as if I were
>wearing a greasy contact lens, vision
>is worse when I move from
>bright sun into shade. Some nights
>I have trouble reading road signs
>with 12 inch high letters, they
>are not readable until I'm
>3 to 400 feet away.
>I've had trouble explaining the issue,
>because I see great when looking
>at an object in good lighting.
>Is this a common complication? My
>eye doctor does seem to have
> name for this issue. Seeing
>thru Fog

Eric & Steve,

Loss of contrast resulting in lower quality of vision in less than bright light is a typical and well-known lasik complication. It is caused by the change in the shape of the cornea from prolate (bullet shape) to an oblate (hamburger bun shape) as well as residual myopia near the edges of the treatment zone (which is why it is worse when your pupils dialate in less light). Doctors working with wavefront lasik have begun restoring the prolate shape whenever possible.

Please visit www.surgicaleyes.org for more information. There are thousands who participate in the messageboards there with your particular complications.

Best of luck,

Jeff

Seems to me that we have been through this before, but are you Jeremy, seeking help with a new problem, or are you Jeff, just using the identity of Jeremy to get your issue on the board in an apparently "innocent" manner? Clearly you have an agenda - it would be nice if you just dealt with it honestly!

Sarah

Eric:
Ask your doctor if you can try Alphagan P. These eye drops inhibit your pupil from opening all the way. You may find them very helpful.