Lasik Eye Correction

Eye problems??

I'm a 22 y/o female and have a lazy eye. I had surgery when I was 2 to correct crossed eyes and also worse patches. It aligned my eyes straight but the muscles are still weak. And they don't move/work together. Like they look aligned if I'm looking straight but if I turn one of my eyes the other will remain straight. And vice versa. And my eyes don't have a lot of movements....they can turn left/right, look straight, and that's about it. If you look at me, it looks like I'm sleeping with my eyes opened...it's SO annoying. I researched treatment options...there's strabismus surgery, eye vision therapy, or prisms. I actually read the surgery has only a 10-20% rate of needing a 2nd surgery. So in other words it has a 80% success rate that the first surgery will work. However, I am terrified of going under and what recovery will be like. And how well will the surgery improve my eyes? PLEASE give me any advice you can! I am SO self-conscious about this! Do I have lazy eye or strabismus? And also sometimes my eyes start to strain when I try to force them to look in the same direction. Is that dangerous?? Is it that my eye muscles are weak that causes the eyes to move slowly or the fact they don't work together??

Public Comments

1. My doctor now is making me wear an eye patch over my good eye. Cuz my right eye is my bad one,it's also a lazy eye. So i wear the patch over my left eye forcing my right to work more and stuff,you know? I dunno if that'll help you but it has for me a bit.
2. you could try eye therapy first. they have some therapy now on the computer. It is software that makes you look at dots and train your eyes to focus. Ask your doctor about this new therapy. (it is used for stroke victims, and brain injury patients)
3. I think you really should consult a Doctor on this process, most likely one who has the do this process before and know the success rate and is not self - conscious about do again. As far surgery goes, you said you've had surgery before but I understand you were very young, but its nothing to be afraid of. Anything that will provide a solution to your problems you shouldn't be afraid of or self - conscious about. Anyway I'm you will have the support of your family to see you through this surgical process.