Laser Eye Surgery

For the majority of laser eye surgery patients, side effects are mild. Usually the side effects will subside within the first 6 weeks or so after surgery. Some disappear in just days. Many will experience mild fluctuations in vision each day. This side effect usually disappears in about 6 months.

The side effects of laser surgery often are mild. Three of the most common are a lack of crispness of vision, dry eyes, and glare, halos or starbursts.

When a person decides to undergo vision correction to minimize or eliminate nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism, it is to laser vision surgery that they look.

All laser eye surgeries reshape the cornea to provide a more accurate pathway for light to enter the eye. In cases of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism the shape of the eye is twisted slightly causing permanent vision changes.

In recent years, with thousands of surgeries successfully performed, a picture of safe outcome appears before us. Make no mistake that no surgery is free of all risks. No surgery can provide a guaranteed outcome. By making sure all recommended procedures are followed the majority of surgeries have a positive outcome.

Fortunately we now have an alternative to vision correction other than glasses or contact lenses by deciding to undergo laser eye surgery. Like every surgery there are risks. Protecting our eyes is a major concern for most of us. When deciding on the advisability of corrective eye surgery we devote a lot of time to examining the good and bad effects that it will have on us personally.