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How did my eyesight get better?

When I was 1 year old, I had poor, god-awful vision. I had to wear the thickest prescription that was available and the lenses had to be glass because plastic couldn't be polished enough to be see through when that thick at the time. I was cross-eyed (this was corrected through laser surgery when I was 2 years old) and astigmatism. Through-out the years my eyesight slowly improved little by little. I was wearing glasses at age 18, but the prescription was off after wearing the eyeglasses for a year and I didn't have insurance. I figured my eyesight wasn't as horrible as it had once been so decided to do without glasses for awhile. Awhile turned out to be six years. Today I went to the optomitrist and took an eye exam, the verdict came back: 20/20 in right eye with no imperfection and less than 20/25 in left eye. Since I am right eye dominate, glasses or any other corrective lenses were not reccommended. After reading my history, the optomotrist wanted to know what I had done for m my eyes. I hadn't done anything. They just got better. Anyone out there know how someone with astigmatism can just get over it? Belgara, I had surgery when I was 2, that was 22 years ago. I stopped wearing them when I was 18, so that still makes 16 years. Did it really take that long for the surgery to have that effect? Judy B, A military hospital in Germany was the only way to get the prescription at the time. That is probably why there was only so many types of lenses available. It was 1984 afterall. Also, I was told that the surgery was used to correct my cross-eye, I don't know if it was or wasn't, it was just what I was told by my parents. I never really looked into it or questioned more about it, so it is a possibility that the surgery was for something else and the cross-eye was fixed as a result of the surgery or treatment after it.

Public Comments

1. wow just sounds like a miracle to me.
2. As you said you had surgery to correct your vision. When you decided to stop using your glasses for a while I'm guessing your eyes readjusted their focus.
3. Somethings in your history don't make sense. There is no "thickest prescription available" custom lenses are available for any prescription. Crossed eyes are not corrected with laser surgery. If you were far sighted (crossed eyes are often associated with far sightedness), it is not unusual for it to improve over time. Anyway, refractive error can change over time. Change, especially is astigmatism is improving, are likely due to changes in the lens of your eye. This is spontaneous and you need not do anything to make it happen.