Has anyone had experience with a second eye surgery (PRK) due to regression?

I had PRK laser eye surgery almost 2 years ago. I had 20/20 for about 6 months and then it got bad again. I was pregnant shortly after my surgery, so the hope was that maybe hormones were causing some of my vision problems but my daughter is almost one now and it’s still the same.
I’ve considered having surgery again, but i don’t know if I’m just wasting my money and possible complications. Or that I’ll get pregnant again and it’ll happen again.

Any experience or thoughts on this?

Hi, Jackie.

I know when I was pregnant with each of my kids, my vision fluctuated more than a bouncing ball and finally, three years after my last one, I had PRK since I had a stable prescription for 2 years.

Pregnancy itself can cause vision changes…even without having had the laser vision correction surgery, so if you are thinking you might try again for another baby, you really might want to consider holding off on the PRK until you know you’re done creating your family, then wait for the 1-2 years after your last delivery and have your enhancement. Perhaps, by then, your vision may also have gone back to where it was just prior to your daughter. Mine did…almost 7 years and three kids later, I was where I was with my prescription when my hubby and I were married, so I went ahead and got my PRK done just this last June.

I do not have the option of enhancements, but a coworker of mine had LASIK, then had three children, has noticed that her vision has gotten bad. Our youngests are the same age and she is considering going for a consult for an enhancement now that she’s had stable vision for the last 2 years, as recommended by her optometrist (she was my touchstone when I was considering the procedure).

Check with your optometrist for their ideas…and I’d also contact the surgeon who did your original surgery with the same questions.