What are the risks of possible complications of refractive surgery?
Complications that could threaten your vision are EXTREMELY rare. Infection is the most serious possible complication. To help avoid infection, we do ask that you avoid swimming and exposure to contaminated water such as hot tubs for one week after surgery. Like all surgical procedures, complications are always a possibility. Most complications are minor and do not threaten vision. These include undercorrection, overcorrection, and visual aberrations (glare, halos, starbursts, shadow images, double vision, etc.). The incidence of these problems is about of 1%.
