Colorado Laser Eye Surgery and Laser Eye Surgery Costs

Anybody done eye Lasik Surgery before? If so, how was it?

I thought of doing it n would like 2 know
if there’s any side effect?

Side effects? Dry eye. if you are younger than it probably won’t be as big as problem as it may be for older adults. That is really it , sometimes while healing you may experience glare and halos ( mostly just at night) most times goes away after healing. Depending on your prescription before sx you may need to have more than one treatment. There is no way of telling if you will need to have treatment again later. Some people never have to be retreated some people eyes change due to things such as age, hormones, pregnancy and such. THe surgery is really weird and awkward but not painful. Most Lasik Center give you oral medication to relax you before the surgery, ( I didn’t take anything and I was fine) There is a point when the flap is created where you feel pressure and vision is very dim (if not black) and that is normal. Other than that you are looking and a variety of lights and are blurry for the first day your vision will be blurry like you are in a fog or under water. You want to sleep as much as possible the day of surgery, ( or at least have your eyes shut) The next day you can go back to work and normal activity other than being careful about getting poked in eye ( not that we don’t do that every day, haha) and try to stay away from smoke and any other matter than can get under neath flap. If for some reason you needed to have PRK then that is different and depends on the surgeon and how he performs the surgery. I hope that helps you a little bit.

Before I forget, if The Lasik Center you go to uses a keratome to create flap then there are additional risks as that system uses a small blade to create the flap. ( I had that and again didn’t have a problem but you never know. ) There is another newer technology called intralase that is the “ALL laser approach to LASIK” , ( no blade used, it also takes away less corneal tissue) but it is not available all over. Only some surgeons are certified ( allowed) to use it.

Dr Joseph Dello Russo performing a Laser Eye Surgery

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