“Can LASIK cause damage?”
I want to fix my eyesight with LASIK. Can LASIK cause damage?
1 Answer
Jason Randall Smith
Optometrist
https://www.nvisioncenters.com/lasik/long-term-effects/
Here is 1 of many websites concerning the risks of LASIK.
If you are interested in this procedure, you should see an ophthalmologist who is a refractive surgeon. You will have a complete eye exam done in order to determine if you are a candidate including "pachymetry" which will allow the surgeon to check the thickness and integrity of your cornea. No eye surgeon will ever put a patient nor themselves at risk by doing risky surgery when there are other options including glasses and contact lenses. If you are deemed to be a candidate, you will be provided an informed consent form which discusses all of the pros and cons and positives and negatives related to your specific eye surgery. Dry eyes, halos, and glare can be consequences after LASIK surgery. Do your homework, make an informed decision, and hopefully all will be OK.
As my father, also an eye doctor used to say, "there is no eraser at the end of a scalpel or a laser". Good luck and best wishes.
Here is 1 of many websites concerning the risks of LASIK.
If you are interested in this procedure, you should see an ophthalmologist who is a refractive surgeon. You will have a complete eye exam done in order to determine if you are a candidate including "pachymetry" which will allow the surgeon to check the thickness and integrity of your cornea. No eye surgeon will ever put a patient nor themselves at risk by doing risky surgery when there are other options including glasses and contact lenses. If you are deemed to be a candidate, you will be provided an informed consent form which discusses all of the pros and cons and positives and negatives related to your specific eye surgery. Dry eyes, halos, and glare can be consequences after LASIK surgery. Do your homework, make an informed decision, and hopefully all will be OK.
As my father, also an eye doctor used to say, "there is no eraser at the end of a scalpel or a laser". Good luck and best wishes.
