Carter Eye Lasik Vision Correction Blog

You will not feel any pain during LASIK surgery. Dr. Carter administers anesthetic eye drops to numb your eyes before and during the procedure. This is local, not general, anesthesia, so you will be awake during the procedure. You might feel some pressure, but this won’t be painful. When you arrive for your procedure, you will be given an oral medication to help you relax.

There shouldn’t be any postoperative eye pain associated with LASIK. Some patients report feeling some discomfort after LASIK, and most of those report that it disappears in 12-24 hours. This discomfort is not described as pain. Rather, it is watery eyes, itchy eyes, and sometimes, dry-eye or scratchiness. For most patients who experience any discomfort, this usually resolves as healing progresses over a few days.

The entire LASIK procedure takes about 6 minutes for both eyes, while the actual laser surgery takes only a minute or two. You may find it difficult not to scratch or rub itchy eyes, so, an eye shield can be placed over the eye, especially at night, to prevent rubbing while you sleep.

For answers to other questions about LASIK surgery, please see our Questions page.

Dr. Harvey Carter of the Carter Eye Clinic in Dallas offers his 20/20 or It’s Free™ guarantee of satisfactory results. Please contact the Carter Eye Center in Dallas for more information and to schedule your free LASIK consultation.

With the advent of new technologies, such as Wavefront technology, the risk of complications resulting from LASIK surgery is lower than ever–under 1% risk. Most of those are temporary. Those few that remain usually succumb to additional corrective treatments.

The accuracy of Wavefront diagnostics improves the surgeon’s access to information about how to shape the cornea. The accuracy of the laser used to ablate the excess corneal tissue increase the number of patients who experience better than 20/20 vision, and virtually ensure corrections between 20/20 and 20/25, with a small percentage between 20/25 and 20/40.

While the list of LASIK complications can seem a little daunting, bear in mind that these usually clear up as healing progresses. Complications, such as dry-eye from LASIK, are easily treated with eye drops, and usually resolve as the nerves heal. Starbursts, glares and halos also tend to resolve with healing. Under correction and overcorrection is virtually eliminated with the Wavefront technology.

The benefits of LASIK far outweigh the risks, starting with the immediate improvement in sight to clear natural vision. When this improvement eliminates the need for corrective lenses, it also opens up many opportunities to do things that were once restricted.

If you’re ready to see naturally, without the use of glasses or contact lenses, please visit The Carter Eye Center in Dallas and contact us for a complimentary LASIK consultation.