Pre-preparations before Lasik Surgery

When you’ve made up your mind that you want to go for Lasik eye surgery, you would certainly go for a Lasik consultation before the surgery.

Precautions before Lasik consultation

There are some precautions and preparations which are to be taken before Lasik consultation and the most important one is to stop the use of contact lenses just before the evaluation. If you use the rigid, gas permeable lenses, you have to stop using them for at least 20–25 days and if any other type then you have to stop them for at least 3 days before your evaluation. This precaution has to be taken because using of lenses change the shape of cornea and it has to be in its original shape and size before evaluation. Don’t forget to take your eyeglasses with you on evaluation day because the eye surgeon will be reviewing the prescription.

Lasik consultation is a communicative session between the eye surgeon or the coordinator and the patient to discuss about the expectations and results of the Lasik surgery. In this session the surgeon discusses and evaluates your overall health condition and medical history. After the communicative session, the surgeon will examine your eye thoroughly, measuring thickness of cornea, mapping of cornea, refraction, pupil dilation, air pressure etc. This is your initial evaluation and only after this your surgeon will suggest you to go for Lasik surgery.

Preparation on the day of the surgery

Finally the day of surgery arrives and you have to visit the surgeon. Eat a simple meal just before leaving your home and take along with you all your prescribed medications. There’s no need to wear any sort of make-up or any fashion accessory which could hinder your head positioning during the surgery. If you feel any sort of discomfort or sickness on the day of operation, simply postpone your Lasik surgery.

How the Lasik Surgery is performed?

Local Anethesia in form of eye drops is given to During the Lasik surgery a thin corneal flap is created with the use of an instrument called microkeratome or femtosecond. The cornea is peeled back and the underlying layer is re-shaped with another laser beam. After this reshaping when it is able to properly focus the light on retina, the corneal flap is placed back. Surgery is completed! The patient might need a mild sedation after surgery.

Expectations and Results after Lasik

The eyes might feel a bit dry even if you don’t have dry eyes problem. Your doctors will prescribe some eye drops to prevent inflammation and infection in the eyes and also to prevent dry eyes. If your overall health condition is perfect, the healing happens very quickly. On the very first day the vision may be blurring, but as the days will pass, the vision becomes clear. A follow up after a day or two is required with the surgeon for evaluation and check the healing process or any other condition, if occurs. Regular follow ups up to 6 months may be need and after that you can live with a crystal clear vision.

For more Information please visit the website http://www.iseewithlasik.com/ or call 1–866–600–3937 to Schedule a LASIK Consultation.