As a result, there is less surface area to heal, less risk of scarring, less risk of corneal haze, less postoperative need for medications, and vision returns more rapidly, often within a day or so. LASIK can also treat a higher range of vision errors.
Each procedure varies due to differences in vision and patients. Most patients will pass a drivers test without contacts or glasses after the LASIK surgery.
SHOULD I TRY LASIK?
Most people who wear glasses or contacts are candidates for laser vision correction. LASIK candidates should have stable vision for at least one year; this means your prescription has not changed very much during the previous year.
Frequently patients looking into LASIK are near-sighted, far-sighted or have astigmatism. Although you need to be healthy and prove to have healthy vision in general, age should not be considered. LASIK is successfully performed on people from their teens to retirement age.
If you are ready for a change in your life, to correct your vision, you are ready for LASIK.
Laser eye surgery, or LASIK, is not recommended while taking some medications. Consult your physician or surgeon. It is not recommended for women who are pregnant or nursing.
Dr. Robbins will schedule a consultation which will provide information at to your suitability for LASIK treatment. The Doctor will discuss your prognosis with you and decide if you are a good candidate for LASIK. You will be able to make an educated decision on your vision.
BENEFITS OF LASIK
The greatest benefit of LASIK is permanent visual correction. For most people this means a life free of glasses and contacts!
LASIK is painless. LASIK conveniently corrects the vision in both of your eyes at the same time. You will be out of the Vision Center in less than two hours. You may return to work the very next day. You'll save money on glasses and contacts and all that goes with them.
Visual recovery is rapid; within the first 24 hours, you have a great majority of your new improved vision. Most all of my patients can drive the next day without the need for glasses or contacts.
ABOUT THE LASER EYE SURGERY PROCEDURE
After your eye has been completely numbed using "eye drop" anesthesia, an eyelid holder will be placed between your eyelids to prevent you from blinking.
Your surgeon will use something called a microkeratome to make a little "flap" in the cornea. You will look directly into a light and the procedure will be performed to reshape your cornea. This is generally accomplished in less than a minute! You may feel some pressure on the eye but no pain or discomfort. The protective flap will be folded back where it bonds with your eye with any stitches or other means of securing it. Your eye heals itself!
