Vision Correction Advice

Risks in laser vision correction?

What risks are involved with laser vision correction? If you have had laser vision correction, please relate your experience in detail.

Public Comments

1. Laser vision correction is a surgical procedure with several potential risks. The most serious ones are loss of vision because of either a severe eye infection (usually due to fungus or mycobacteria) or severe inflammation (corneal melting due to DLK). The cances of such devastating complications happening are very low - probably less than 0.5%.
   
   Less severe complications include overcorrection, undercorrection, flap related complications (striae or folds), dry eyes, glare and halos.
   
   It is very important to have a thorough preoperative evaluation to ascertain whether you are a good candidate for surgery. This means ruling out thin cornea (keratoconus), glaucoma etc. Please read the details of preoperative evaluation in the referenced article from AgingEye Times ( http://www.agingeye.net/ )
2. Glare, halos, blurry vision, torn cornea, incomplete lasering, astigmatism, over correction, under correction. But otherwise, no problem.