Who qualify for Lasik Surgery?
Like any other form of invasive
surgery, there is always a possibility of complications; especially
when the surgery is operated on something as sensitive and vulnerable
as the eye.
The possibility of complications
or imperfect vision after LASIK vision
correction
can be greatly
reduced if you simply find out
if you are a good prospect for the surgery. Not everyone
who wants LASIK vision correction is necessarily a good candidate
to have the surgery. You should consider a few things before
you settle on LASIK:
•
If you are never a risk taker,
you probably shouldn’t have LASIK vision correction.
There are possibilities of complications as a result of LASIK
that
you should research before having the procedure done.
•
If having LASIK vision correction could affect your career or
is not covered by your insurance you should think of another
alternative. The cost of LASIK is getting cheaper, but is still
quite expensive and you’ll want to make sure it isn’t
prohibited by your employer.
•
You must be an adult with refractive stability to be accepted
for LASIK vision correction. Refractive instability is determined
by patients who are 20 or younger with fluctuating hormones due
to such things as diabetes or someone who is pregnant or breastfeeding
or taking medications that cause fluctuation in vision.
•
If you regularly engage in contact sports or suffer from a condition
or disease may affect wound healing you should consider an alternative
to LASIK vision correction.
There are a number of other situations
you should discuss with your doctor prior to LASIK vision correction.
If you have herpes
or shingles involving the eye area you should disclose
that information. Also, any glaucoma, ocular hypertension,
eye
diseases, eye injuries,
previous eye surgeries, or keratoconus should be discussed.
You should also ask your doctor
to screen you for the following conditions prior to LASIK vision
correction:
•
Blepharitis
•
Large pupils
•
Thin corneas
•
Previous refractive surgeries
•
Dry eyes
Once you have researched all
of these conditions or discussed them with a LASIK surgeon you
can determine if
you are a candidate for LASIK vision correction. Keep at
the top of your evaluation the fact that, Lasik surgery, is at
the eye of the day, a form of complex surgery and like any other
surgical procedure, there will always be an element of danger,
no matter how high skilled the surgeon is or how sophisticated
the surgical equipments are.
Only you yourself can weigh the
risk of a lasik eye surgery and decide for yourself if it is really
a neccessary operation. Remember at all times that whatever anyone
may say, surgery always carry a risk of complications and this
should always be weighed in your final evaluation in deciding on
the plus and minus of deciding for lasik eye surgery.
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