Lasik Eye Surgery

People can have LASIK if they:

• are over 18 years old, 
• have not changed their glasses prescription in the recent year, 
• have myopia up to -10 diopters, hyperopia up to +5 diopters and astigmatism up to -6 diopters.

LASIK can be performed on people with appropriate pupil size, corneal thickness, intraocular pressure and ocular structure depending on the results of the eye examination performed before the operation.

People cannot have LASIK if they have:

• problems such as corneal thickness that is not suitable for an operation,
• structural disorder in keratoconus or corneal dystrophy,
• cataracts,
• severe dry eye disease or high eye pressure,
• uncontrolled diabetes,
• rheumatic diseases,
• HIV-positive,
• been pregnant or breastfeeding

The LASIK Eye Surgery is one of the most common procedure that have been performed in the world. The success rate in treating vision problems such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism is high

The effect of laser occurs only in a certain area of the cornea and does not affect the retina and nerves at the back of the eye. In the latest technology, complication rates are very low, less than 1%. Among the very rare complications, there are no serious problems such as vision loss

Contact lenses, depending on the characteristics of the lens, should be removed before LASIK examination and surgery. Also, soft lenses at least a week before and hard lenses at least two weeks should be removed before it. If the person experiences some problems such as burning eyes, the eye doctor should be informed before the operation. In addition, if you have been taking medicines can affect the eyes for a long time, please inform the eye doctor

Don`t make-up, use perfume or deodorant, and cream on the operation day. You can only a light meal before the surgery

• Firstly, the eyes are numbed by giving a mild anesthesia 30 minutes before the procedure. Thus, the patient does not feel any pain during the procedure.
• During the surgery, an eye retractor is used that helps to keep open the eyelids.
• The epithelial tissue on the upper layer of the cornea is resected. 
• After the epithelial tissue is resected, laser treatment is performed to remove the refractive error in the eye.
• The tissue is put again on the cornea. 
• The operation completed by putting antibiotic drops in the eye and eye retractor is removed.
• The operation lasts nearly 10 to 15 minutes

• There are some discomforts or complaints such as pressure, burning and watering eyes, blurry vision, and dry eyes can occur in the first few hours after the operation.
• These symptoms reduce 6 hours after the procedure and they generally completely disappear after 3 days. In this process, eye drops and some painkillers prescribed by the eye doctor should be used regularly according to the advice's.
• The special safety goggles should be worn on the operation day. 
• During the first 24 hours, don't touch your eyes and don't take a shower

• After the first 24 hours, the person can return to normal life, take a flight, and return to the work.
• However, it is not recommend to makeup on the eyes in the first week after the operation.
• The person can do sports such as hiking, cycling and aerobics. However, team sports such as basketball, soccer, tennis and boxing, which can damage the eyes, should be avoided for 20 days.
• To protect the eye from infection, please avoid going swimming pool, sea and sauna at least 20 days.
• The post-operative doctor checks should be followed.
• The desired and successful vision results can be reached within 3 months. At a rate of 2%, a visual impairment of 0.50 diopters can occur. If some vision problems such as blurry vision after three months, an eye doctor should be consulted.

LASIK have some risks and complications like all the other surgeries, but they are low possibilities. In addition, there are low infection risks; they can be treated in a short time, if they occur. The full recovery process after LASIK surgery lasts for 4 to 6 months. During this time, dry eye and burning, and blurry vision may occur. These symptoms are healed by using eye drops. In the dark environment, some problems such as visual impairment may occur after the operation. When the healing process is completed, the all these complaints and discomforts reduce and disappear

• The desired success rate of 98% is achieved after LASIK surgery. As a result, there is no need to wear glasses and lenses, making the person more comfortable in sports activities and social life. There is no need to use medical bandages after LASIK surgery.
• The healing process is very rapid and vision generally improves within 24 hours.
• LASIK surgery is not an obstacle to have a cataract and similar surgeries in the eye.
• In rare cases, high dioptre treatments may cause slight dioptres.
• In very rare cases, glasses and contact lenses can still be worn for good vision. This is the disadvantage of this operation, but in such cases, there is an opportunity to correct the visual impairment with a second operation.