Are you tired of losing your glasses or cleaning and inserting contacts every morning. Perhaps you just feel that you would be more confident in your appearance if you didn`t have to continually wear glasses.Do you feel that wearing glasses prevents you from participating in your favourite sport or pastime or makes doing your job that much harder and would like to do something about it.Cosmetic laser eye surgery may be for you.

Whatever your reasons may be you have no doubt heard about the popularity of cosmetic laser eye surgery. Some of the questions you may have are:-Is it a safe procedure? Are there risks involved?Exactly how much will it help your vision? Getting the answers to these questions may well make it easier for you to decide if cosmetic laser eye surgery is for you.

WHAT IS LASER EYE SURGERY?

Laser eye surgery procedure reshapes the cornea by sculpting it with a laser. There are two common types of laser eye surgery; LASIK and PRK. While both use the same type of laser and corect vision by shaping the eye in the same manner they differ in their approach.

In the PRK procedure the top layer of  the cornea is scraped away while the LASIK procedure cuts a flap to remove the top layer of the cornea during surgery. There are minor differences in the resulting post-operative symptoms.

IS LASER EYE SURGERY SAFE?

While the surgery is considered to be low risk and can be done quickly there are as always possible complications when having any surgery performed  . Your eyes are very delicate and your dependance on them is critical. It is important to understand all of the potential risks – including loss of vision – that are possible.

Most patients will experience some amount of pain or discomfort for a few days.An element of  Blurred vision and sensitivity to light can be experienced but usually clears in the days following surgery although occasionally symptoms may last for some time indeed in very rare cases can be permanent. Other complications due to scarring can potentially cause permanent damage to vision, although additional surgery can sometimes correct this.

As with all surgeries there is a potential risk of infection. It is generally advised to have each eye operated on separately instead of at the same time to reduce the chance of infection in both eyes. Most infections can be cleared with medication, especially if treated right away.

Another possible risk with laser eye surgery is that the vision may be over or under corrected. Under corrected vision may be fixed with further surgery but over corrected vision is irreparable. Unfortunately each person responds differently to the surgery and results cannot be guaranteed. It is possible for a person to continue to require corrective lenses even after surgery, although their dependance on them should be lessened.

Whenever an individual is contemplating surgery it is of the utmost importance that a realistic understanding of the risks and benefits be clearly discussed in detail with the surgeon undertaking the treatment.. Research the procedure yourself thoroughly and find out as much as you can about the doctor performing the operation,(such as talking to some of his previous patients if possible) before agreeing to any surgery.


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