LASIK Eye Surgery - Before, During, and After Surgery
When you first decide to have LASIK eye surgery, a qualified eye doctor will take a detailed medical history report from you and will use equipment to measure your cornea so that they can see where it needs to be fixed. This charting is very important and will help the doctor to ensure that your eye surgery actually works to help to correct your vision.
On the day of the LASIK eye surgery procedure, you will go into the doctor’s office and will have to finish completing out any paperwork that may need to be filled out. Once you are taken back to the procedural room, you will lie on your back in a reclining chair. If you are very nervous, your doctor may give you medicine that can help you relax during the procedure so that you don’t tense up during treatment. The doctor then uses numbing drops that are placed directly in your eyes to help numb them. A special instrument is used to hold the eyelids open and a suction ring is placed on your eye, which can cause an odd feeling of pressure and may distort your vision.
The LASIK eye surgeon will then use a laser to cut a small flap in your eye that is about the size of a contact lens. They will then fold back that part of the eye so that they can reach the cornea with the laser to reshape it. Once that is done, the flap is folded back and will heal on its own without stitches. You’ll likely be asked to focus on a point of light during the surgery to help keep your eye fixed, and there may be the smell of burning when the laser does its job.
Immediately following LASIK eye surgery, your eyes may be watery and may burn and itch. You may also have blurred vision and you’ll likely want to use the medicated eye drops you’ll be given to help keep you comfortable after the procedure. Depending on the doctor, you may be asked to wear a shield over your eyes for the evening. While you’ll be able to see after the procedure, it takes about two to three months for your eyes to heal and for the vision to become stable and crystal clear.
For more information on LASIK as well as corneal transplant for Fuchs’ Dystrophy as well as refractive surgery vision correction and laser eye surgery technology, it is important to visit our laser vision correction office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.