subject: When Is It Time to Consider Laser Eye Surgery? [print this page] When Is It Time to Consider Laser Eye Surgery?
Laser eye surgery has helped people with poor vision a lot. It enables those people to get ride of the restriction of eyeglasses and trouble brought by contact lenses, and at the meantime presents them a clear vision. So well reputed, Laser eye surgery comes to be the first choice for people suffering from nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, etc.. However, the fact is that not everyone is the right one for such a procedure. There are many people who simply are not eligible for the procedure. If this group of people undergo a laser eye surgery, serious consequences may be resulted in. Therefore, it is of great importance to know whether you are a good candidate for a laser eye surgery or not.
People having serious diabetes or extremely hard to manage diabetes should not consider having laser eye surgeries. Those having diseases that would strike the immune system are not good candidates either. Therefore, women who are pregnant are not thought to be suitable for laser eye surgeries, for they have a rather weak immune system. It is suggested to consult an eye doctor before a laser eye surgery.
Usually, laser eye surgeries are specifically designed to correct vision errors causing by myopia, an eye condition which would cause the sufferers to see things closer clearly but see those at distance blurred; hyperopia, an eye condition having the opposite symptom of myopia that sufferers are thought to see things at distance clearly but see those nearby blurred. Astigmatism is among the the specific types of eye problems that laser surgery is designed to correct. During the procedure, the surgeon is supposed to reshape the cornea into the normal shape.
Under normal circumstance, the patients are able to go home rightly after the surgery, but it does not mean that they have finished the whole procedure right now. As a matter of fact, they are required to go to see the doctors for the after treatments in case of eye infection and any other after effects. Though it doesn't take very long to complete the procedure, the recovery time can take from a few days to a few weeks.
All in all, despite that laser eye treatments perform well in vision correction, anyone should not chase it blindly, and to take pre-assessment is necessary. Never neglect it, it may be one of the most important decision you ever make.
