Can LASIK vision become blurry again?
Yes, it can, and the usual causes are a small regression in prescription, dry eye affecting the quality of the surface, or the onset of presbyopia. Blur that returns should be assessed rather than assumed to be one of these.
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- Vision correction
- Topic
- LASIK
- Kind of question
- Can I…
- Procedures
- LASIK
- Last reviewed
- 22 September 2026
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A specific pattern is worth knowing: blur that varies through the day and is worse when the eyes are dry behaves differently from blur that is constant. Describing which one you have is genuinely useful to a clinician.
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General answers cannot tell you what is happening in your own eyes. Only an examination by a qualified ophthalmologist can do that.
Sources & further reading
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- Post-LASIK dry eye disease: A comprehensive review of the current literature
A review of dry eye after LASIK, including the mechanisms involved and how other procedures compare in the published literature.
Used for Balanced comparison of dry-eye risk between procedures.
Link checked 22 September 2026