| The LASIK procedure
is an out-patient procedure.
You will receive a tranquilizer and a pain reliever prior to surgery,
and the eye which is to be treated will be anesthetized with eye drops
so that you will be free of pain during surgery. The surgery will only
last for a few minutes and is painless. We will operated both eyes using
two separate and sterile sets of instruments. Shortly after surgery,
your eyes will be examined again and covered with a transparent eye
shield. You will receive eye drops which you will need to use on a regular
basis for the first week after surgery.
For the first few hours, you may have a forgein body sensation and
increased tearing, and vision wil be blurry. Severe pain and a decrease
in vision are highly unusual. If you experience severe pain or reduced
vision, contact your ophthalmologist. The transparent eye shield may
be removed when you get up the morning after surgery. Take extra care
that the eye on which you received surgery is not exposed to water when
you wash yourself or take a shower, and make sure that you do not rub
your eye. You should not rub your eye or apply make-up for the first
week after LASIK surgery. You may start rubbing carefully again after
one week. Your eyes should not be exposed to increased physical activities
such as swimming, diving and strong rubbing until at least two weeks
after LASIK surgery.
Your vision will be nearly normal only one day after LASIK surgery.
Within the first weeks postoperatively, slight changes in vision may
occur and stability is usually reached after 4 to 6 weeks. Therefore,
a postoperative exam should be scheduled 4 - 6 weeks after surgery.
Unfortunately, it cannot be excluded that certain refractive errors
may recur months or years after surgery. Also, not all cases of refractive
errors can be corrected entirely. In general, it can be said that the
lower your refractive error was prior to surgery the more likely it
is that you will not need eyeglasses after LASIK surgery. While it cannot
be guaranteed that glasses will not be needed at all after surgery it
is certain that any eventual corrective lens will be significantly less
strong after LASIK surgery. Even in the case of optimal success (meaning
no glasses), it is likely that after approximately age 50 you may need
reading glasses as would any person with normal vision.
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