LASIK Facts

Many people with vision corrections problems were very pleased with the results offered by LASIK eye surgery. Even if the percentage is in favour of the patients, there are still some risks and complications to be considered and they should all be explained by the surgeon before the procedure.

You and your surgeon will meet for a pre-operative visit and he´ll exam your eyes and will establish if you´re a good candidate or not for the procedure. Also, this is probably the best time to ask all the important questions in order to find all the details about the price, the surgeon´s qualification and also about the follow-up care.

During the refractive eye surgery, the following risks can appear: some people can develop debilitating visual symptoms (double vision or halos), some of them can lose the lines of vision, the treatment for the visual capabilities can be too little or too much and some patients might still need glasses or contacts after the procedure.

Also, some patients can develop dry eye syndrome and for others the results can he highly influenced by their age. Before the surgery, the doctor will explain all these risks and he´ll help you decide what´s best for your health.

It is very important for you to understand that long-term data are not available on Lasik because this technology has just been introduced in hospitals. All the tests and the results vote in favour of this procedure but if you think about any additional tests you should take into consideration all the possible risks and complications.

In most cases, the complications were successfully solved and after the surgery the patient was very pleased with the results. At this point the surgeon´s level of expertise plays an important role because if he performs a quality surgery the result can completely eliminate the glasses and the contacts from the patient´s life.

Also, you might want to ask your doctor for references because other patients can help you make up your mind faster about this procedure.

Learn what are the common lasik eye surgery problems that can happen at my lasik eye surgery site.