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1.What kind of result can I expect?
Laser vision correction has proven overwhelmingly succesful in reducing dependence on glasses and contact lenses, the amout of improvement may vary from people to people. How well and quickly your vision improves depends on how well you heal and the severity of your perscription.
Most laser patients with the help of moderate prescription do achieve 20/20 vision or are within 1 to 2 lines of 20/20 vision on an eye chart.That means that they no longer need to wear glasses or contact to drive, play sports , watch movies and TV, or participating in careers requiring excellent vision such as police and fire department.
Your preprocedure for your eye problem and the amount of treatment that you recieve depends on your doctor. The results of the procedure are shared among tens and thousands of peaple in the country.
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2.Will my vision be corrected forever?
The first nearsighted patient ever treated with laser correction was in the united states in 1987. That patient achieved 20/20 vision following treatment and still 20/20 more than a decade later. Today, most experts around the world are confident that they will discover no long-term problems with laser vision correction. Doctors also believe it will become the most commonly performed procedure in the world.
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3. Will the procedure hurt?
The lasik procedure itself is painless. There are no needles. Instead, anasthetic drops are used to numb the eye just before surgery begins.After your procedure, your eye may feel a foreign body sensation or irritation for a few hours, but most patients are quite comfortable after taking a short nap. You will be given drops for your eyes to counteract the potenial dryness you may experience for several days following the surgery.
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4.What will my recovery be like?
Most lasik parients usaully see quuite well the day following their procedure and may be able to resume most of their normal daily acvtivities. But patients notice dramatic visual results within the first few dyas following their procedure.
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