What are the risks of LASIK surgery?
While side effects of LASIK surgery are rare, especially if one undergoes custom LASIK at our Long Island practice, they can occur. Most commonly, LASIK vision correction results in an overcorrection or undercorrection of your refractive error, which might create a need for a fine-tuning of the LASIK procedure or the wearing of glasses or contacts. LASIK vision correction can also induce higher-order aberrations such as halos, shadows, or glare. Again, this risk is significantly reduced by custom LASIK, which is guided by a detailed Wavefront™ map of your eyes’ unique aberrations going into the procedure. LASIK can induce or worsen dry eye symptoms. It’s also possible that your vision can regress after LASIK surgery. While not all potential complications of LASIK laser vision correction can be discussed here, Weinstein Refractive Center treats any of our patients’ LASIK complications at no cost.
