I believe if you meet the requirments you should go ahead and do it.
Has anyone ever went blind from lasik.
The information on realself is intended for educational purposes only.
Today doctors perform about 600 000 lasik procedures in the united states each year.
On the other hand i have not found a case of blindness cited anywhere.
You can go blind from lasik.
20 2019 lasik has been fda approved to correct vision since 1999.
It while change your life buddy.
Here s why some people question it.
Can i go blind after laser eye surgery.
In fact it went even better than expected.
The surgery last for around 15 years.
The american refractive surgery council publishes that 90 percent of people who get lasik are extremely satisfied with the procedure and end up with 20 20 vision.
Legal blindness which is defined as visual acuity of 20 200 or less with glasses has occurred as a result of lasik far more often than lasik surgeons will ever admit.
Lasik is a surgical procedure and like any surgical or medical procedure there are some risks involved.
Lasik eye surgery has been used for more than two decades to help correct vision problem and other eye related ailments.
Sry i had the surgery not to long ago.
Lasik surgery can have some potential side effects and certain factors or types of corrections may increase the odds for a.
There are other risks such as infection or halos.
There are no hard statistics on.
Most people who have this surgery.
Total blindness meaning no light perception from lasik is extremely rare but it has happened.
Well sadly im sure some one has indeed gone blind from lasik surgery but i believe that will happen with any procedure no matter what it is.
Technically there is an exceedingly small risk of blindness with laser eye surgery but it is lower than the risk of wearing monthly contact lenses for one year so a risk that everyone seems to accept as perfectly reasonable.
While we do connect people with vetted board certified doctors we don t provide medical consultations diagnosis or advice.
I was found to have an eyesight of 20 15 better than perfect eye vision.
I went back to my surgeon that morning to learn the operation was a success.
Then you go in and.