Reasons to Consider Lasik Surgery

Are you sick and tired of your glasses and contacts?

lasik-eye-surgery.jpg Do you fall asleep wearing your contact lenses and worry about injury or infection? Do your glasses steam up when you’re out jogging or leave unsightly dents on the sides of your nose? Do you get tension headaches caused from reading? Don’t you want to start seeing the world through your own eyes? Lasik eye surgery is the ideal solution. Imagine enjoying your favorite activities like swimming, scuba diving, playing contact sports, even shaving in the shower without hassling with your glasses or contacts. Choosing the best Lasik surgeon will be the most important thing you do. Here are some reasons you should consider having Lasik surgery so you can start seeing the world through your own eyes!

LASIK IS FAST

On average, Lasik eye surgery is considered to be a permanent way to reshape your cornea and thus correct your vision. That’s fairly incredible, given the procedure takes roughly 30 minutes total.

HOW DOES LASIK EYE SURGERY FEEL AFTERWARD

Afterward, most doctors recommend you rest your eyes as frequently as possible for about a day. In the few hours right after surgery, it’s common to feel some burning, tearing or discomfort. Your eyes have begun the healing process. Similar to how a scab itches when it’s healing and how a cough develops when you’re clearing out a head cold, there’s some irritation during the very first few hours of healing. This irritation goes away as the eyes heal.

LASIK OFFERS AMAZING RESULTS

No one can promise you perfect vision but using the latest cutting-edge Lasik technology your surgeon should be able to improve your vision whether you are nearsighted, farsighted or have astigmatism. The results – improved vision without eyeglasses or contact lenses can usually be seen on as little as 24 hours. Most people achieve 20/20 vison or better after the surgery. Some people may achieve only 20/40 vision.

LASIK IS SAFE

A team of researchers from refractive surgery centers across the United States and in Germany analyzed the results of 97 Lasik studies published between 2008 and 2015. The outcomes of nearly 68,000 eyes that had undergone the procedure were evaluated. Pooling data from the studies, the researchers found:
  • 99.5 % of eyes attained uncorrected distance visual acuity better than 20/40 after Lasik.
  • 98.6%of eyes were within +/-1.0 diopter (D) of the target refractive outcome.
  • 90.9% of eyes were within +/-0.5 D of the target refractive outcome.
  • 98.8% of patients reported being satisfied with their Lasik results
The results support the safety, efficacy and patient satisfaction of the procedure, they concluded.

LASIK IS AFFORDABLE

If you add up how much you spend every month on contact lenses and solutions or on glasses every few years and multiply it out over your lifetime, it adds up quickly. Choosing a onetime procedure like Lasik can actually be far more economical and save you a lot of money in the long run. Most laser eye surgeons offer flexible financing programs to fit your budget. Lasik surgery and your dreams of clear vision are definitely within your reach. Houman Ahdieh, MD Lehigh Valley Center for Sight https://www.lvcenter4sight.com eyedoc@lvcenter4sight.com

https://www.lvcenter4sight.com/?p=4535

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I Spy a Stye in Your Eye

Image
Written by Dr. David Evans Last modified on August 6, 2018 What’s that small, red, pimple-like bump on your eyelid that’s causing so much discomfort? It’s probably a stye (sometimes referred to as a sty or hordeolum). Besides being difficult to say 5 times quickly, an eye stye is a type of localized infection that can occur along the base of your eyelashes or underneath your eyelid. Styes that form along the base of the eyelashes are called external styes. They typically occur as a result of an infected eyelash hair follicle and look like the type of pimple that occurs when your pores are clogged with dirt and oil. Styes that form inside the eyelid are called internal styes. Similar to external styes, they are caused by an infection of an oil-producing gland behind the eyelid rather than an eyelash hair follicle. Internal styes result in generalized swelling of the eyelid rather than forming a pimple-like bump. Stye Symptoms As a stye develops, you might begin to experience pain
Read more

Post-LASIK Refraction and Pregnancy – Much Ado About Nothing?

Image
Written by Dr. David Evans Last modified on August 23, 2018 During pregnancy, women experience a drastic shift in their hormonal balance that has a ripple effect throughout the body. The spike in hormones like progesterone, estrogen, prolactin, oxytocin and relaxin are all important for a healthy pregnancy, but these increased levels can also impact gastrointestinal processes, blood pressure, skin pigmentation and, you guessed it, ocular health. Due to refractive changes that often occur during pregnancy, most refractive surgeons advise against LASIK during pregnancy, instead suggesting women wait several months after giving birth before considering treatment. Women who have already undergone LASIK may then wonder if the changes in ocular health that can occur during and after pregnancy impact post-LASIK refraction. New research presented by John Kanellopoulos, MD, New York University Medical School, NY, and LaserVision.gr seems to throw cold water on any such concern. The Eyes an
Read more