What to expect after Lasik Surgery
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Contemplating Lasik surgery can be a scary thought. I have a hard time letting a doctor examine my eyes, let alone operating on them. It was for this reason that I recently did some research on what to expect after Lasik surgery. I was pleasantly surprised.
According to one Lasik surgeon in Atlanta, the day after Lasik surgery, most patients experience significant improvement in their vision. In fact, lasik surgery typically improves vision to 20/40 or better the very next day! Of course, your vision improvement greatly depends on your pre-operative vision, but the Atlanta Lasik surgeon I found said you can expect to regain approximately 90-95% percent of your vision in the first two to three days after LASIK.
Over the next several weeks, the remainder of your vision will improve gradually. It is worth noting, however, that if you have significant astigmatism, or are very near sighted or far sighed, your sight recovery and stabilization will be slower.
A frequently asked question is whether you’ll still need to wear glasses or contacts after surgery. After all, getting rid of corrective lenses is why you’re probably considering Lasik surgery in the first place. The answer depends in part on whether you opt to have only one eye treated at a time. If so, you may need to wear a contact lens in the untreated eye until your second Lasik procedure.
A related question is whether you will need reading glasses after surgery. Again according to the Lasik surgeon in Atanta, folks in their 40s start to develop what is called presbyopia. What lasik surgeons can do is create an effect known as monovision. A co-worker of mine had this done and says it works great. With monovision, one eye will be left slightly nearsighted, which will allow you to focus on print without reading glasses, maybe even into your 50s. Eventually, though, you will likely need reading glasses as you get older.
Finally the effects of Lasik surgery appear to be permanent. But you must realize that Lasik does not prevent age related conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, or presbyopia.
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