Most LASIK patients start noticing improved vision almost immediately following their procedure. However, your visual recovery will depend on which procedure you choose, the severity of your refractive error, the health of your eyes and your age.

In general, however, most of our patients - regardless of their age and refractive error - achieve vast visual improvement within 24 hours of their procedure. Many of them return to work or other activities that require clear vision as soon as the day following their procedure.

In terms of the quality of your vision, our results at Arrowsmith Eye Institute meet - or surpass - the national averages in every category. Well over 90% of all of our patients achieve best visual acuity of 20/20 or better after their refractive procedure.

There is no pain whatsoever during the LASIK procedure. This is because analgesic (pain numbing) drops keep the eye from feeling anything at all while the operation is in progress. After the operation, LASIK patients may notice mild irritation. They may experience a little sensitivity to light and perhaps have some watering of the eyes for a day or two after the procedure. In terms of pain and recovery, LASIK is a mild procedure from which patients recover quickly.

Most LASIK patients start noticing improved vision almost immediately following their procedure. However, your visual recovery will depend on which procedure you choose, the severity of your refractive error, the health of your eyes and your age.

In general, however, most of our patients - regardless of their age and refractive error - achieve vast visual improvement within 24 hours of their procedure. Many of them return to work or other activities that require clear vision as soon as the day following their procedure.

In terms of the quality of your vision, our results at Arrowsmith Eye Institute meet - or surpass - the national averages in every category. Well over 90% of all of our patients achieve best visual acuity of 20/20 or better after their refractive procedure.

Yes. Once limited to nearsighted people, laser vision correction can now help people who are nearsighted, farsighted, or have astigmatism. There are some limitations for example, laser vision correction may not be the procedure of choice for eyes with extreme refractive errors. Today, however, laser vision correction is capable of correcting most people's refractive error.
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The great majority of LASIK patients do not need glasses for normal distance vision tasks (sports or driving). Some people choose to wear glasses after laser vision correction in order to get the sharpest vision or to help with demanding visual tasks, like night driving. However, with the Allegretto WaveLight the need for glasses after surgery has all but been eliminated.

People in their mid-40s and older who have good distance vision in both eyes will need correction for reading. This is an entirely normal condition called presbyopia and has nothing to do with laser vision correction. After a certain age, everyone who has excellent distance vision will need some kind of correction for reading. From about age 45 onward, without vision correction, the only people who can read without glasses are people who are slightly nearsighted, and they can't see clearly at distance!

The chance of having a serious, vision-threatening complication as a consequence of laser vision correction is very low far less than 1%. But the risk isn't zero, so it is important that you know the risks and be able to put them into perspective.

Infection: To prevent infection, you will be given antibiotic drops both before and after the procedure. Post-operative infections extremely rare in LASIK. When they do occur, they tend to be minor and clear up quickly with treatment.

Pain: Some patients experience discomfort. This is easily treated with medication. Mild irritation, sensitivity to light, and watering of the eyes can be expected in the first few days after a LASIK procedure.

Undercorrection or overcorrection: Some laser

Most people now decide to have both eyes corrected at the same time. It was once thought that there was added risk, particularly of infection, if both eyes were done at once. But scientific research and the experience of tens of thousands of patients show that there is little additional risk when both eyes are corrected on the same day. It is also much more convenient to do both eyes at the same time. Correcting your eyes at different times also means two trips to the laser center and two recovery periods. There would also be a period after the first procedure when one eye can see well, while the other eye still has its old refractive error. Many people find this imbalance in their eyes very unpleasant and decide to move up the date of their second procedure.

However, if you would be more comfortable doing the second eye after seeing the result with the first eye, the choice is entirely yours.

Our list of services today include not only LASIK with the Allegretto WaveLight and theVISX Star S4 CustomVue, but Verisyse Implantable Lenses, 'Care-Free' Cataract Surgery, and LASEK for thin corneas.

Call us today at 1-800-878-9519 and find out which procedure is right for you.