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Corrective Eye Surgery

corrective eye surgeryExcimer laser corrective eye surgery is a very easy procedure to undergo. No injections are needed, and there is no pain during the procedure. These are the steps you will experience during a corrective eye surgery operation:

  1. Before receiving any laser eye treatment, the doctor at the laser eye clinic will measure your eyes to determine your amount of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. During this presurgical consultation, your doctor will complete a thorough examination of the health of your eyes and discuss the laser eye correction procedure in detail with you.
  2. Before every corrective eye surgery op, the excimer laser will be calibrated and tested for accuracy.
  3. The level of laser eye correction required for your eye will be entered into the laser’s computer.
  4. The computer will determine the specific set of excimer laser pulses to use during the corrective eye surgery.
  5. You will be brought into the eye laser room and asked to lie down.
  6. A patch will be placed over the eye not having the lasek surgery procedure.
  7. Anesthetic eye drops will be placed in your eye. No injections or TVs are needed.
  8. Your eyelid will be held open with a small speculum, which causes no pain.
  9. You will be asked to look at a small blinking light.
  10. If you’re having LASIK corrective eye surgery, the flap will be created with the keratome. In PRK, the doctor will wipe away the most superficial layer of the cornea.
  11. You will hear a clicking noise, the sound of the eye laser.
  12. The blinking light will get hazy as the corrective eye surgery treatment progresses.
  13. The laser eye treatment will usually take less than sixty seconds of actual laser time.
  14. Eye drops will again be placed in your eye. In some cases, a temporary contact lens will be placed in your eye as well.
  15. After the corrective eye surgery, you will sit up and rest for a few minutes before going home. Your stay in the laser eye surgery treatment room has lasted about five to ten minutes.

Sounds easy, doesn’t it? And it is. But how accurate are the results of this kind of corrective eye surgery? What can go wrong? Are you a suitable candidate for excimer laser eye surgery, or should you consider alternatives?