How is the LASIK procedure performed?
Using a programmed laser, your eye surgeon reshapes parts of your cornea. With each pulse of the laser beam, a tiny amount of corneal tissue is removed. After reshaping the cornea, the surgeon lays the flap back into place. The flap usually heals without stitches.
How is the eye kept still during LASIK?
A small instrument is placed over your eye that gently works to help keep your eye open, still and steady during the procedure.
What are the two techniques used in LASIK laser eye surgery?
LASIK is a two-step procedure that first requires the creation of a corneal flap using the Zeiss Visumax Femtosecond laser. The second step is the vision correction, using a second laser called an Excimer laser to smoothly reshape the surface.
What happens if you blink during LASIK?
Yes—patients are awake during LASIK. However, there is no need to worry if you accidentally blink or move your eyes during the surgery. Thanks to advanced LASIK technologies in Billings, your eyes will remain comfortably steady as our doctors provide the vision correction results you need to see as clearly as possible.
Are you awake during LASIK?
LASIK surgery is so quick—it only takes a few minutes—that patients only need local anesthesia in the form of eye drops. These completely numb the eyes but you will be completely awake for the entire surgery. To make you feel comfortable and relaxed, the eye surgeons explain every step of the surgery.
Do they put a needle in your eye for LASIK?
Injections and Needles are not used during LASIK laser eye surgery. Instead, topical anesthetic drops are the only type of anesthesia used to numb the eye during laser surgery. Patients are awake and comfortable during surgery.
Do they touch your eye during LASIK?
Both your eyes may tear or water. Your vision will probably be hazy or blurry. You will instinctively want to rub your eye, but don’t!
Do you go to sleep during LASIK?
Does needle in eye hurt?
Patients typically experience little to no pain during an eye injection. The thought of receiving an injection in the eye can be quite intimidating to patients.
How does LASIK surgery work?
LASIK surgery. LASIK surgery During LASIK eye surgery, an eye surgeon creates a flap in the cornea (A) — the transparent, dome-shaped surface of the eye that accounts for a large part of the eye’s bending or refracting power.
What happens during a LASIK consultation?
The procedure provides the surgeon with details about your eye health that determines whether or not you qualify for LASIK vision correction. If you do qualify, the surgeon will use the measurements taken at the consultation to program the laser for your surgery.
How is laser eye surgery used to correct vision problems?
Then the surgeon uses a laser (B) to reshape the cornea, which corrects the refraction problems in the eye (C). LASIK eye surgery is the best known and most commonly performed laser refractive surgery to correct vision problems. Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) can be an alternative to glasses or contact lenses.
What are the risks of LASIK surgery?
Risks of LASIK surgery include: Dry eyes. LASIK surgery causes a temporary decrease in tear production. For the first six months or so after your surgery, your eyes may feel unusually dry as they heal. Dry eyes can reduce the quality of your vision. Your eye doctor might recommend eyedrops for dry eyes.