LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person’s dependency on glasses or contact lenses. Learn about what you should know before surgery, what will happen during the surgery, and what you should expect after surgery.


Steps

1. Get an evaluation by your eye doctor to determine if you are a good candidate.
2. If you wear contact lenses, stop wearing them before your evaluation and switch to wearing your glasses full-time. Contact lenses change the shape of your cornea for up to several weeks after you have stopped using them depending on the type of contact lenses you wear.
3. Your doctor should tell you:
   1. whether you are a good candidate for LASIK, what the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the surgery are
   2. what you should expect before, during, and after surgery
   3. what your responsibilities will be before, during, and after LASIK surgery
4. Do some research on the Internet about lasik eye surgery as a means of vision correction. There are restrictions on who can or should get this surgery, so make sure you consult a doctor before making your decision.
5. before you do it, educate yourself completely
6. To educate yourself, go to www.lasiksurgery.com/ for more information.

Tips

• Set up a consultation to find out if lasik is right for you.

Warnings

• No lasers are approved for LASIK on persons under the age of 18.
• There are certain complications are unavoidable in a percentage of patients, and there are no long-term data available for current procedures.
• Cost is an issue. Most medical insurance will not pay for refractive surgery. Although the cost is coming down, it is still significant.