| LASIK surgery is correcting people's vision every | | | | expect to go back and forth between clear and |
| day with very little complications. The common | | | | blurry vision for several weeks. Everyone's |
| myth behind LASIK is the effects of the surgery. | | | | recovery is different, some go back to work the |
| Many believe that after LASIK they will be free | | | | next day and others wait much longer depending |
| of glasses forever. This is just not the case | | | | on any complications. Do not expect fast results, |
| unfortunately. Having the correct expectations of | | | | you could have to return to get a slight |
| LASIK will help you not only decide if you want | | | | adjustment. |
| the operation done but also prevent any | | | | Repeat treatment may be necessary, depending |
| disappointments in the future. | | | | on how your eyes heal and the results after |
| The first thing to expect if you want this | | | | surgery. Some need to have an adjustment or |
| operation is going through the pre-screening | | | | re-treatment. Since LASIK costs a few thousand |
| process. You can even take the pre-screening | | | | dollars, check to see if the office where you are |
| questionnaire online to see if there is any chance | | | | having the surgery done offers free |
| that you would not qualify. This will prevent | | | | re-treatments. Most places offer it for a certain |
| someone who is not a good candidate from | | | | amount of time, somewhere between six months |
| undergoing the surgery and potentially having | | | | and five years. This could save you a lot of |
| more serious complications than normal. Not | | | | money depending on where you go. |
| everyone qualifies for LASIK, however, there still | | | | Vision results differ between patients as well. The |
| could be an alternative solution. | | | | legal driving vision is 20/40 and 95% of all LASIK |
| If you do qualify, understand how LASIK can | | | | procedures produce better than 20/40 results. |
| benefit you before having the operation. LASIK | | | | Most people experience between 20/30 and 20 |
| does not 'cure' your vision for the rest of your | | | | 10 vision. If you have less than seven diopters of |
| life; it will however decrease your dependency on | | | | myopia, you will have close to a 99% chance of |
| corrective lenses. How long the effects last is | | | | better than legal driving vision. Of course, |
| different for everyone. Many go on without | | | | everyone's eye deteriorates over time and you |
| glasses for many decades and other start | | | | can expect these numbers to get worse but if |
| wearing them again after ten or fifteen years. | | | | your eyesight before LASIK was 20/1500, there |
| Since LASIK has only been around for that long, | | | | is an obvious difference. |
| most people today are not wearing glasses but in | | | | LASIK is not for everyone and it could take |
| ten more years, they could be. | | | | several months before you can 'see' the |
| Some expect immediate results after the | | | | difference clearly. Technology is getting better and |
| operation. After surgery, many will not have clear | | | | major complications are rare but remember that |
| vision for at least several hours. Normal recovery | | | | LASIK is not a permanent solution, but in the |
| is several days before you head back to work or | | | | short term, you can throw those glasses away |
| start driving again. While your eyes are healing, | | | | and begin to leave free of corrective lenses. |