Why are deep-set eyes a problem?
The eye sits in a socket of bone — the orbit. Deep-set eyes sit farther back than normal. According to Mark Korolkiewicz, Ultralase’s clinical services manager, this constricts the working room available: “Use of anaesthetic eye drops, surgical skill and advances in the instrument technology make pain the exception and not the rule. Patients with deep-set eyes who experience discomfort are likely to do so because their eyelids press against the instruments.” Before having laser surgery, ask whether the set of your eyes may make it more painful. Possible complications The majority of Lasik patients have some problems with dry eyes in the months after surgery. Apart from that, complications occur in less than 5 per cent of cases, according to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
