Laser Eye Surgery Worked For Me

Recently in the news was a story about failed laser eye surgeries. The results are as unique as the patient. As a recipient of laser eye surgery, also known as lasik, the procedure worked extremely well for me and still does years later. Do your homework first to help make it a worthwhile experience. Things to do if you are considering laser eye surgery:

• Research the procedures - know what is being done.
• Verify you are a candidate with an ophthalmologist - a good one will tell if you are not.
• Know the side effects - most everyone is different.
• Evaluate the risk versus reward - are you willing to forfeit nearsightedness to see far?
• Confidence with office staff and ophthalmologist - do they make you feel comfortable?
• Know what to do if you have complications - minor and major.

There are plenty or resources available about the procedures both on and offline for consumers. As in any medical procedure, the patient needs to be as responsible as the health care provider. If side effects of the lasik operation has complications, the patient needs to seek his doctors help immediately to correct those problems. Thorough follow-up examinations should identify problems and correction, if possible, be made. For a look at the procedure itself, check out this site I found.

Overall, it was the best thing I could have done for me. As with Tiger Woods, I wish I had done it sooner.