Why LASIK
- LASIK helps in correcting 80% of your vision. Many people have different opinion regarding this technology but all of a sudden if you get the opportunity to see with out using your glasses/lens , what will be your feelings?
- The question arises why have't you had LASIK yet?
- a) General advantages of LASIK
- Pain free procedure
- Less post operative pain.Image improves with in a few days with out any bandages and stitches.Both eyes are treated at the same time.A little discomfort during the surgery is experienced but the patient is given anesthesia for the eye.Most people get back to work with in a day or two.
- Freedom from eye correctives
- Glasses can break, fall off, fog up or sometimes get scratches.Contact may sometimes cause irritations in eye or if a person is having some other eye infection will not be able to wear them but LASIK provides best solutions for vision and you do not have to rely on glasses and contacts no matter there is a foggy or a rainy season.
- New Activities and Advancement in Careers
- LASIK gives more opportunities for athletes, travelers and parents.You may enjoy sport activities like swimming, cycling, racket ball or many others requiring a good eye sight.You may also apply for armed forces after having LASIK. You may fly aeroplanes after LASIK too.Travelers would be worry free from glasses and contacts while traveling and parents can ejoy sports and swimming with their children.
- Overcoming Weather Problems
- During extreme cold and foggy seasons, we are unable to see clearly due to the fog accumulated on our glasses and if we are wearing contact lenses, windy air storms often create vision disturbances or the lenses may sometimes fall off. LASIK solves problems which sometimes become impossible to handle.
- Quality of lasting vision uptil 10 years
- b) LASIK vs PRK and other techniques
- LASIK has all precision and accuracies of Eximer Laser, which is also used in PRK.As, PRK uses the flap technique that portray the qualities ALK.In, LASIK, lesser post operative pain occurs as compared to PRK.No removal of corneal tissue surface takes place.Post operative Visual Acuity(sharpness of vision) is restored in a few days.Greater reliability of correction and permanent effects.Improves visions for distance.
- c) LASIK and Eye Health
Some latest expert views related to LASIK provide useful advice about general eye care while considering performing LASIK procedure.Very few percent of patients who after passing successful LASIK procedure still complain and face difficulties such as poor vision, dry eyes, redness/eye pain, glare and some times repeated LASIK.Such patients need special attention and should be offered help to get rid of such misery.As, we can always profit from others bad experiences, not becoming afraid of the procedure but being careful while discussing the preoperative aspects and measuring oneself suited for LASIK.
- d) Marvelous Results
Latest Research reports show:
- Lower complications and long-term satisfaction with the LASIK procedure.
- Only 20% of patients with lower or severe nearsightedness require re-treatment over 10 year period.
- Researchers have observed that the complications which if occurred due to the LASIK surgery lasted or occurred just with in days after the surgery but not in years and thus concluded that overall is a safe and effective procedure.
- Studies show that it is not recommended for patients having severe myopia and for such patients lens implantation is preferred.
