WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF IntraLASIK, LASIK OR PRK?
The 19 year follow-up of patients undergoing laser vision correction procedures (PRK and LASIK) is very stable…. Eyes that have undergone LASIK and/or IntraLASIK age normally. In fact the behavior of an eye that has had LASIK or IntraLASIK parallels the behavior of a normal eye that has not had surgery. LASIK has been performed since 1991. Based on what we have learned from performing eye surgery over time, we know that if an eye is “stable” in its vision at 2 years, then it should remain stable at 20 years and beyond. The eye behaves in a predictable manner. Since visual results from laser vision correction procedures have been stable after 19 years, then they should remain stable over a lifetime. However as the patient ages, their eyes age with them and do develop normal age-related changes over a lifetime. Though IntraLASIK is newer technology, it uses the same surgical principals as LASIK. Therefore the long-term behavior of eyes that have had LASIK and IntraLASIK is the same. Shou
