Unhappy with Your LASIK Eye Surgery Results? We Can Help
Have you had LASIK eye surgery, SMILE vision correction, or cataract surgery and are unhappy with the results because you have developed one or more of the following eye problems:
Blurred vision?
Problems with dry eyes?
Problems with night vision?
Problems with glare?
Luckily, you can improve your eyesight and no longer live with irritating side effects from your surgery. The LASIK surgeons at Assil Gaur Eye Institute in Beverly Hills, California, have successfully treated many people who previously underwent cataract or refractive surgery (RK, PRK, LASIK, or SMILE) and were left with inadequate vision correction or irritating visual symptoms afterward.
Using the most advanced vision measurement and laser technology combined with a trademarked unique surgical approach, Dr. Kerry Assil and his team of expert ophthalmologists at AGEI have performed dozens of laser vision enhancement procedures with excellent results for former LASIK patients coming from China, making AGEI the “go-to” destination for correcting unsatisfactory refractory surgery outcomes.
Why Are So Many Patients Unhappy With Their LASIK Results?
The truth is that everyone heals differently, and your natural healing process strongly affects how your eyes respond to surgery. This healing response is the most common source of blurred vision and irritation that we observe in patients who come to us for enhancement surgery after being treated elsewhere. But healing variation is only one piece of the picture.
How Often Does LASIK Fall Short of Expectations?
If you are unhappy with your LASIK surgery results, you are not alone – and you were probably not warned about how often this happens. Studies suggest that somewhere between 5% and 10% of LASIK patients require an enhancement procedure after their initial surgery, and a meaningful number of others live with lingering symptoms like halos, glare, dry eye, or blurred vision that never fully resolve. That is a significant group of real people dealing with real frustration.
The reasons outcomes fall short vary widely. Sometimes the prescription was not fully corrected the first time. Sometimes the technology simply wasn’t advanced enough to map the unique complexity of your eye. Other times, healing variation, poor candidacy screening, or a surgeon’s limited experience with complex cases leads to a result that leaves you squinting at the same prescription you started with.
The Most Common Causes of Poor LASIK Outcomes
Even though refractive surgeries generally have a high success rate at the best-established LASIK clinics, outcomes can fall short for several reasons. If you are unhappy with your LASIK surgery results, one or more of the following factors is likely at play:
The technology used for your vision correction may not have been advanced enough to deliver optimal results. Many bargain-priced or foreign clinicians use older laser platforms with lower measurement precision and narrower treatment zones, which can lead to residual blur, reduced contrast sensitivity, and lower overall success rates.
You may not have been a good candidate for LASIK in the first place. Some patients are not properly vetted for the chosen vision correction procedure when treated at a high-volume, one-size-fits-all facility. Conditions like thin corneas, irregular corneal shape, or early keratoconus can make standard LASIK inappropriate and increase the risk of a serious complication called ectasia, where the cornea progressively weakens and bulges after surgery. A thorough pre-operative workup is essential to identify these risks before any laser treatment.
Your individual capacity to heal after surgery was not properly evaluated. Patients with certain medical conditions that can affect
healing must be carefully screened to avoid risks that can impactrecovery. Regression is one of the most common long-term disappointments after LASIK: the eye gradually drifts back toward its original prescription as the cornea remodels over months or years, and patients who were not counseled about this possibility are often blindsided when their sharp post-operative vision begins to fade.
Your surgeon lacked the skill and experience. The experience and skill of your refractive surgeon have a direct bearing on complication rate, patient experience, and, ultimately, your vision outcome. Flap-related complications, including incomplete flaps, irregular flaps, or flaps that shift during healing, are among the most distressing LASIK failures and are closely tied to surgical technique and the quality of the microkeratome or femtosecond laser used to create the flap. An imprecise flap can cause persistent glare, halos, and asymmetric vision that no amount of glasses or contact lenses can fully correct.
Your pre-operative measurements weren’t detailed enough to guide truly personalized treatment. Standard LASIK platforms measure only a fraction of your eye’s optical imperfections. Without wavefront-guided aberrometry that maps every zone of your cornea, the laser correction is essentially an approximation, and those unmeasured higher-order aberrations are left behind to degrade the quality of your vision even when your prescription appears corrected on paper.
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What Are Your Options When LASIK Doesn’t Deliver?
So what are your options? Generally speaking, they fall into a few categories:
Watchful waiting: Minor under-corrections sometimes stabilize on their own over several months.
Dry eye treatment: Persistent dryness after LASIK is treatable, and addressing it can meaningfully improve your vision quality. Learn more about dry eye care options.
Enhancement or revision surgery: A precision re-treatment using advanced technology can correct residual refractive error for eligible patients.
Alternative vision correction: Patients who are not candidates for a LASIK revision may benefit from implantable contact lenses or refractive lens exchange.
The key is finding a world-class surgical team with the diagnostic tools and experience to identify exactly what went wrong and recommend the right path forward for your specific eyes.
How AGEI Corrects What Other Surgeons Could Not: The Eagle Vision Protocol
At AGEI, we use a proprietary LASIK surgical protocol that combines the latest laser technology with gold-standard techniques to achieve vision correction results that we have found were previously unachievable.
Our latest LASIK protocol, called Eagle Vision, offers our patients the following:
The iDesign 2.1 Refractive Studio that gathers data from two sources to create a surgical navigation program that customizes the laser treatment for each eye using:
Detailed Wavefront Analyzer measurements of vision deficits at 1240 zones within the eye’s seeing surface, and Topographical measurements of these 1240 locations
An algorithm developed by Dr. Assil that further customizes the navigation program by addressing each individual’s unique characteristics
A VISX S4 excimer laser that uses cool ultraviolet pulses to very precisely sculpt the seeing surface of the cornea according to the exact specifications of the surgical navigation program.
A surgical approach that creates a larger, elliptical working area on the cornea for the laser. This allows for a wider seeing area, a sturdier construct, and fewer post-op dry eye symptoms.
Have a post-LASIK vision problem? Assil Gaur Eye Institute has a solution
Let’s look at a few of the most common complications we see in patients from other LASIK providers in the US and overseas, and share how we can resolve them.
Post-LASIK problem: insufficient vision correction
Of all the post-LASIK complications we see in patients who had surgery at other facilities, perhaps the biggest complaint we hear from those who underwent vision correction with LASIK, SMILE, or PRK is that they’re dissatisfied with how much their vision improved. We also hear this complaint often from patients who have undergone cataract surgery at other facilities. Many of these patients tell us they had better vision before surgery when they wore glasses or contact lenses.
Many lasers in use today are programmed with vision prescription data that uses the same methodology used to determine eyeglass prescriptions for centuries, limiting their ability to deliver the most precise vision correction possible.
The Assil Gaur Eye Institute Solution
At AGEI, we use state-of-the-art vision measurement technology that helps our patients achieve precise, crisp vision that we have found exceeds what they experienced with glasses or contacts. Known as the iDesign 2.1 Refractive Studio, this device measures your vision using three different metrics, then combines the data to create a customized surgical blueprint for each eye.
Treats 1240 optical zones: The iDesign 2.1 first divides the viewing surface of your eye into 1240 distinct zones and measures the refractive error (or” prescription”) of each zone. These measurements create a customized surgical plan for each of the 1240 optical zones, which are then used to program the LASIK laser. Treating more corneal zones enables the laser to achieve much finer precision and better vision outcomes than was possible before iDesign 2.1.
Addresses secondary vision deficits: In addition to measuring nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism in 1240 zones, the iDesign 2.1 also detects and measures nuanced vision deficits known as higher-order aberrations.
Visual aberrations can cause several problems, such as reduced contrast sensitivity (the ability to distinguish subtle color differences under various lighting conditions). Other aberration examples include difficulty with night vision, glare, halos, seeing starburst patterns, or double vision.
Aberrometry technology, known as Wavefront analyzers, came from NASA research that used light waves to measure planetary distances in deep space. The Wavefront device sends light waves through the pupil and then tracks their path as they hit the retina and bounce back out of the eye.
By measuring the degree to which the light waves bend and deviate from a normal path as they exit the eye, we can accurately measure vision deficits with exquisite detail throughout the eye’s entire seeing surface. This data is then added to the laser surgical programming to correct higher-order aberrations with extreme precision.
Includes topographical detail: The final measurement taken by the iDesign 2.1 is a 3-D map of every bump and dip on the cornea’s surface across 1240 distinct optical zones. When this “topographical data” is added to the surgical navigation program, it enables the laser to sculpt every bump and dip to achieve optimal vision correction throughout your eye’s entire seeing surface.
Provides a unique surgical plan for every patient: If that weren’t enough, at AGEI we go one step further to deliver your best possible vision correction. We do so by using special algorithms created by Dr. Kerry Assil to further customize the laser’s surgical navigation program to address the unique characteristics of each and every patient’s eyes.
Post-LASIK problem: dry eye symptoms after LASIK vision correction
Many patients who come to AGEI after having vision correction performed elsewhere report the sudden onset of dry eye symptoms after their LASIK surgery. Because a healthy tear film is essential for crisp vision, dry eyes can lead to blurry vision.
Many patients develop dry eye symptoms after LASIK procedures done at other facilities because of the design of the corneal flap created during the first step of LASIK surgery. The traditional flap design has often resulted in flap complications like dry eye because it sacrifices some important nerves in the corneal tissue, reducing corneal sensitivity to some degree.
As a result, your eyes may not sense the need for lubrication, causing your body to produce fewer tears and leading to dry eye symptoms. These symptoms can range from grittiness and a foreign-object sensation to itchy eyes, pain, soreness, and, worst of all, episodes of blurred vision that worsen toward the end of the day.
Many patients who present to us have already tried and failed with over-the-counter and prescription lubricating eye drops, gels, ointments, and even steroid drops.
The Assil Gaur Eye Institute Solutions
AGEI has had significant success treating dry eye syndrome with DELIT (Dry Eye Light Intense Therapy). DELIT is a treatment protocol that uses intense pulsed light (IPL), which is widely known for its use in dermatology.
By superheating the area near your eyelids where your oil glands are located, IPL can kill germs, suppress inflammation, and shrink blood vessels that may be pressing on and blocking oil ducts. By helping oil flow easily from the ducts into your tear film, your tear evaporation rate slows, improving lubrication.
We perform four treatments one month apart. Over this time, your oil becomes less thick and flows more easily, correcting the imbalance in your tear composition.
Because DELIT is an IPL treatment using the same light wavelength that’s used for photo facials, you get the added benefit of improved skin texture and complexion in the facial areas treated.
In addition to DELIT therapy, we also offer specialized eye drops that have been highly beneficial for patients with dry eye symptoms.
Post-LASIK problem: disturbing halos and glare from lights at night
If you find yourself squinting at oncoming headlights, seeing starbursts around streetlamps, or avoiding night driving altogether after LASIK, you are not imagining things. Nighttime halos and glare are among the most disruptive complaints we hear from patients unhappy with their LASIK results, and they deserve a real explanation rather than a dismissive “that’s normal.”
The root cause almost always comes down to optical zone size. When a LASIK treatment is applied to a zone that is too small, your pupil naturally dilates in low-light conditions and extends beyond the treated area. Light entering through that untreated peripheral cornea bends differently than light passing through the corrected center, and the result is the halo or starburst effect you experience every time you drive at night. Older laser platforms and less experienced surgeons are more likely to use conservative, smaller optical zones, which is precisely why so many patients treated at discount LASIK centers end up seeking a second opinion.
The Assil Gaur Eye Institute Solution
Our proprietary Eagle Vision protocol uses a surgical approach developed by Dr. Kerry Assil, who has been at the forefront of laser vision correction for well over twenty years. The protocol involves creating a larger treatment area for the laser to perform the vision correction. By creating a wider optical zone, we have found that our patients experience significantly less nighttime glare and halos from bright lights.
We take that precision a step further with wavefront-guided treatment using the iDesign 2.1 aberrometer, which maps your cornea across 1,240 individual data points. Originally developed from NASA-origin aberrometry technology, this level of measurement captures microscopic optical imperfections that standard LASIK platforms never detect. When we correct those imperfections alongside your prescription, night vision improves dramatically. Many patients who come to us after being treated elsewhere describe the difference as going from a smeared windshield to a crystal-clear one.
One patient, a commercial pilot who had undergone LASIK at an overseas facility, came to AGEI reporting halos so severe he was concerned about his flight certification. After a complimentary evaluation confirmed he was a candidate for an Eagle Vision enhancement, his wavefront-guided revision expanded his optical zone and corrected the higher-order aberrations his original surgeon had missed. He described his night vision post-procedure as better than it had ever been, even before his original LASIK. That kind of enviable outcome is exactly what world-class precision makes possible.
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When is a LASIK Enhancement or Revision The Right Move?
If you are unhappy with your LASIK surgery results, one of the first questions you are probably asking is whether you can simply have it done again. The good news is that LASIK enhancement or revision surgery is a real option for many patients, and it can deliver the clear, sharp vision you hoped for the first time.
A LASIK enhancement is essentially a follow-up laser procedure that corrects residual refractive error left over from your original surgery. Your surgeon may recommend it if you still experience blurry vision, significant halos and glare at night, or if your prescription has shifted over time. Not every patient is automatically a candidate, though. Your surgeon will need to evaluate a few key factors before moving forward.
The most important consideration is corneal thickness. Because LASIK removes a small amount of corneal tissue during the original procedure, enough tissue must remain to safely perform a second treatment. Advanced diagnostic tools, like the precision mapping technology used at Assil Gaur Eye Institute, can measure this with extraordinary accuracy, leaving no room for guesswork.
Your overall eye health, the stability of your prescription, and how long it has been since your original procedure also factor into the decision. Most surgeons prefer to wait at least three to twelve months before considering an enhancement, giving your eyes adequate time to fully heal.
If a traditional LASIK revision is not suitable for you, alternative vision correction options like PRK, LASEK, or Implantable Contact Lenses may still deliver the enviable outcomes you deserve. A complimentary evaluation with our world-class team is the best place to start.
Why Patients From Across the US and Overseas Choose AGEI for LASIK Revision
Dr. Kerry K. Assil is regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts in refractive surgery and has made significant advances through his numerous inventions. He has appeared regularly on major television network news programs to teach the general public about refractive surgery.
Dr. Assil has authored more than one hundred textbooks, textbook chapters, and articles on refractive surgery. He has trained thousands of eye surgeons in the latest refractive surgical techniques and has lectured in educational forums for other eye care professionals at renowned institutions including Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and Tokyo University.
The doctors at Assil Gaur Eye Institute offer world-class eye care and vision correction, specializing in LASIK, cataract, cornea, retina, glaucoma treatments, and a lot more. At AGEI, you will experience state-of-the-art medical facilities that combine revolutionary technology with the most experienced hands in ophthalmology. Our goal is to help you achieve your personal best vision.
That commitment to precision is why elite athletes and patients let down elsewhere choose AGEI. LeBron James trusted his vision to Dr. Assil, and so have numerous NBA All-Stars who depend on perfect sight at the highest level of professional sport. When the stakes are that high, there is no room for anything less than the very best.
Patients who come to us unhappy with their LASIK surgery results often share a similar story: they were told their outcome was “within normal range,” yet they still struggle with halos, blurred vision, or chronic dry eye. One patient treated abroad described finally feeling like herself again after Eagle Vision enhancement at AGEI, saying, “I knew I was going to the very best, and for the first time since my original surgery, I can see clearly without fear.” That kind of outcome is not an accident. It is the result of over 100,000 vision correction procedures performed by surgeons who have dedicated their careers to achieving enviable outcomes for every single patient.
If you are unhappy with your current LASIK results, you deserve a second opinion from a team that has seen it all and corrected it all. Schedule your complimentary evaluation today and take the first step toward the clear, confident vision you were always promised.
For more information or to schedule a consultation, please call 866-945-2745 or visit us here to make an appointment.
What to Expect at Your AGEI Consultation for LASIK Dissatisfaction
If you’re unhappy with your LASIK surgery results, walking into a new practice can feel intimidating. You may wonder whether anyone will take your concerns seriously, or whether you’ll simply be told your outcome is “normal.” At Assil Gaur Eye Institute, that experience is completely different from the moment you arrive.
Your complimentary evaluation begins with a comprehensive diagnostic workup that goes far beyond what most practices offer. Our team uses the advanced iDesign 2.1 aberrometer to map your vision across 1,240 individual zones, capturing subtle optical imperfections that standard equipment simply cannot detect. This is the same NASA-origin wavefront technology that measures how light travels through your entire visual system, giving our surgeons a precise picture of exactly what went wrong and why.
From there, your surgeon will review your original procedure details, assess your corneal thickness and surface health, and evaluate you for dry eye conditions that may be contributing to your dissatisfaction. If you were treated overseas or at another facility, bring any records you have. Our team regularly helps patients who received care in China or abroad and are now seeking world-class remediation closer to home.
Once your evaluation is complete, your surgeon will walk you through every finding in plain language. You’ll understand what is causing your symptoms, whether a LASIK enhancement, targeted side-effect treatment, or an alternative vision correction approach makes the most sense for your eyes, and what realistic outcomes look like for your specific situation.
No pressure, no guesswork, and no dismissing your concerns. Just precision, transparency, and a genuine commitment to getting you the enviable outcome you deserved from the start.
Frequently Asked Questions About Unsatisfactory LASIK Results
Can LASIK be redone?
Yes, in many cases. A LASIK enhancement or revision is possible when enough corneal tissue remains and your prescription has stabilized. Our surgeons evaluate each patient individually to determine whether a touch-up, PRK, or an alternative like implantable contact lenses is the safest path forward.
Why is my vision still blurry after LASIK?
Blurry vision after LASIK can stem from under-correction, over-correction, residual astigmatism, or dry eye disease affecting the tear film. In some cases, the original procedure used outdated technology that couldn’t map your eye with enough precision. Our exclusive Eagle Vision protocol uses 1,240-zone iDesign 2.1 aberrometry to identify exactly what went wrong and what we can correct.
How long after LASIK can you have an enhancement?
Most surgeons recommend waiting at least three to six months after your original procedure to let your prescription fully stabilize and your cornea heal. Some patients treated abroad or with older technology may need additional diagnostic time before a revision plan is confirmed.
Is blurry vision after LASIK permanent?
Not necessarily. Many patients who feel stuck with poor outcomes find real improvement through advanced dry eye treatment, enhancement surgery, or premium lens options. A complimentary evaluation at AGEI is the first step toward understanding what is possible for your vision.
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