Tell me the downside…what are the risks of laser vision correction?
Our education coordinator will cover the potential risks with you. They include: An Infection – Usually able to be treated with antibiotics, national averages are less than 1 out of 3,000. Haze – Originates from the healing process in the eye. It is almost never seen with LASIK. Is almost always gone at the end of 6 months. Is rarely visually significant. Can be retreated by the laser. Under or Over correction – because eyes all heal at different rates, this is the most common (and correctable) complication. We can retreat the eye anywhere from 3 months to 12 months after the surgery by lifting the original flap with special instruments. Most augmentations require removal of only a small amount of additional tissue. Risks associated with LASIK only: Because LASIK involves making a “thin flap” and applying the laser under the flap, there could be complications involved in making the flap (or with the instrument used to make the flap.) Also, there is a small risk that the epithelium (or
