During LASIK Eye Surgery
It is important to know exactly what will happen during a procedure that will involve one of the human body's most sensitive organs.
To allay one's fears related to unknown element of any surgical vision correction, let us explain the usual procedure one will undergo during LASIK
eye surgery step-by-step:
1. You will sit down in a reclining chair in a room specially designed for LASIK laser eye surgery. There equipment you will see will a machine with a microscope attached to it and a computer screen as part of a laser system. The whole process will take about 30 minutes.
2. Your doctor will take is to clean your eye and place an anesthetic liquid in it. A ring will be placed around the eye to create suction to the cornea. This will cause temporary discomfort and blurred vision.
3. An instrument, called microkeratome, is used to cut a flap in your cornea and you will experience some fluctuating blurred vision.
4. You will be asked to stare at the laser for 60 seconds or more after the tissue has been folded back and dried out by the doctor during the procedure. The laser will direct your eye to the spot that the surgical laser will use to perform the vision correction.
5. There may be an unexpected odor of something burning because your eye is under the intense scrutiny of the laser that is correcting your vision problems. This is normal under the procedure so do not worry.
6. Finally the flap of the corneal tissue is put back in place, effectively ending LASIK laser eye surgery.
7. After laser eye surgery is completed you will have to wear a patch over your eye to protect it.
Here is a popular video of the LASIK vision correction procedure.
While it certainly looks painful, you can check out the comments (opens in another page) to see what everyone has to say about it.
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