I’m so sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience with SMILE surgery. In all forms of refractive laser surgery, appropriate patient selection is so important!
SMILE is a great platform for patients who are suitable for the surgery. Unfortunately patients with significant amounts of astigmatism (anything more than -1.25D, i.e. like you!) are not generally considered optimal for SMILE. This is due to the platform which cannot control automatically correct for cyclotorsion of the eye during the suction-applanation portion of the procedure.
Nonetheless, all is not lost, and adjustments can be made to try to optimise your visual outcome.
Patients having had SMILE performed previously may choose an epi-LASIK enhancement option, or conversion to LASIK (with the side-cut laser profile algorithm) for enhancement of your surgical outcome.
All is not lost and I hope that you are able to regain satisfactory spectacle free vision!
