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Are you a "slow healer"? Have you had an unexpected outcome? Complications? Long-term problems? Eye pain or poor vision for reasons you just don't understand?

This page is basically just a list of topics for you to research further, though there are also several articles aimed at helping you to get a better understanding of key topics.

Anything that looks like it's possibly relevant, we encourage you to explore using any of the following:

  • Use our articles (if we have an article, the topic below will be clickable)
  • Use our Encyclopedia
  • Ask questions in our forums, D'Eyealogues
  • No info here? Google it.

Getting started with your post-operative care

Complications patient's roadmap

Documenting your symptoms

Checklist for appointments

Communicating with your doctor

Crisis management

Depression

Disability insurance

Doctor's responsibilities

Enhancements

Family & friends

Medical malpractice

Medical records

Patient's responsibilities

Post-op visits

Practical tips

Refunds

Support groups

Tests your doctor may perform

Learning about laser eye surgery and complications

Eye anatomy, vision & glasses for dummies

Laser surgery for dummies

Complications for dummies

Complications map

Aniseikonia

Anisometropia

Buttonhole flap

Central islands

Central toxic keratopathy

Corneal perforation

Decentred ablation

DLK

Ectasia

Epithelial defects

Eyelid trauma

Epithelial ingrowth

Flap folds/wrinkles

Flap interface debris

Flap melt

Flap rotation

Fluctuating vision

Free cap

Haze

Higher order aberrations

Incomplete flap

Induced astigmatism

Induced monovision

Irregular astigmatism

Irregular flap

Loss of BCVA

Lost flap

Overcorrection

Photophobia

Ptosis

Reduced contrast sensitivity

Regression

Retinal tear

Short flap

Small flap

Small optical zone

Striae

Stromal melt

Thick flap

Thin flap

Vitreous detachment

Undercorrection

Understanding and managing dry eye

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Dry eye diagnosis and treatment are evolving rapidly. While we have a lot of good information here, we don't have the resources to keep our dry eye information entirely up to date. For more detailed and current information, please visit The Dry Eye Zone, at www.dryeyezone.com which has extensive articles and bulletin boards specifically about dry eye. LaserMyEye has no financial interest in The Dry Eye Company (sponsor of www.dryeyezone.com) but LaserMyEye's director does, so we want to make it clear that we are referring you there only for the informational resources, not for any products sold at that website; we do not endorse or recommend any products. The link is provided as a help to patients and not for any promotional purposes.

Additional websites you may find helpful include www.dryeyepain.com and www.agingeye.net.

Top FAQ

Dry eye for dummies

Dry eye treatment for dummies

Androgen therapy

Antibiotics (eg doxycycline)

Artificial tears

Autologous serum

Bandage contact lenses

Blepharitis

Cautery

Cyclosporin

Embrionic membrane transplant

Eye protection

Gels

Goggles

Hydration

Lid therapy

Medications review

Nerve growth factor

Nutritional supplements

Ointments

Pain management

Punctal plugs

Restasis

Salagen

Tarsorrhaphy

Topical steroids

Non-surgical aids for improving vision

Options to investigate

Alphagan

Glasses

Hybrid or 'softperm' contact lenses (e.g. SynergEyes)

Macrolenses

Miotics

Piggybacking

Pilocarpine

RGPs

Scleral lenses

Soft contacts

Tinted glasses

Visual aids

WAVE contacts

Wavefront glasses

Z-Wave contacts

Surgical treatments for improving vision

Topics to research

A-CAT

C-CAP

CK

CustomCornea

CustomVue

Cutting a new flap

Enhancements

Flap lift, stretch & suture

Intacs

Lamellar keratoplasty

Lifting an old flap

Penetrating keratoplasty

PTK

T-CAT

Transplants

Topography procedures

TOSCA

WASCA

Wavefront procedures

Zyoptix