What You Need To Know About LASIK Surgery

The most popular eye surgery today is LASIK surgery. It is efficient, fast, very gentle and with few complications. For most people the LASIK surgery can help them no matter if they are nearsighted, farsighted and have astigmatism.

The PRK laser surgery has been further developed to the new LASIK form. In both surgeries the outer cornea layer is removed, so the laser can operate on the tissue. But while the PRK method is scraping the out layer of, the LASIK operation cut just a flap in the cornea that can be bent. After the surgery the flap can be put back in place

It only takes a few minutes to perform the the surgery. The eye will be dripped with anesthetics and most people will not feel any pain at all. When the eye is anaesthetized the cut in the cornea can be made and the laser surgery can be done.

The actual operation only takes between 30 seconds and two minutes. A laser specially designed for operating in the eye's sensitive tissues will be used. After the operation the flap is put back in place.

It is possible to go home right after surgery. It is recommended to rest and if possible take a nap, because the eyes may sting a little bit.

Right after the operation the sight will have improved for most people. Over the next weeks it will be stabilized.

Normally the eye will be a little dry after the surgery, so it is advised to drip them with a little salt water.

All studies indicate that LASIK laser surgery provides a permanent sight improvement. Similar previous bad eyesight will not now return. But the surgery does not prevent a possible, natural change of sight in the future. It is therefore very important that the sight is stable when operated.

The LASIK surgery can also not prevent the natural age-related long-sightedness that even normally sighted people will experience.

Martin Elmer is writing about eye surgery in Oejenoperation. You can read about LASIK, LASEK, LASEK, Wavefront and Aspheric treatment in Oejenkirurgi.