Toronto Lasik Eye Surgery

Finding the right LASIK MD should not be very difficult if you know what to look for and more importantly what is important. Today, with the increased popularity of Lasik eye surgery, it’s possible to find doctors and eye centers now advertising using direct mail and newspaper ads. Although this may be a way to start the search for the right Lasik surgeon, it’s not the way to decide who will do the procedure

LASIK is the most popular refractive surgery procedure used today and stands for Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis. Due to advances in technology, there are newer procedures however most are focused on delivering a better result for the patient. Due to the increase in popularity, the price of refractive corrective surgery has continued to drop

Do not assume however that the way to find the right doctor is by price alone. Here’s a short checklist to see if the doctors or eye care facilities that are being considered should stay on the short list of possible prospects

1. Education.

Medical licenses are typically a general authorization to practice almost any type of medicine. Just being a medical doctor isn’t enough. Look for someone with specialized refractive eye surgery education. Although all ophthalmologists are considered specialists, they all aren’t qualified to do refractive surgery.

2. Experience.

How many of the surgeries has the doctor successfully completed? Although technology continues to make it easier to obtain a satisfactory result, experience does matter.

3. Equipment and procedure to be used.

Today there are many difference “flavors” of Lasik. Customer Lasik using Wavefront technology offers some of the latest advances in this field. No need to go to someone using yesterday’s technology when the newest equipment is out there and available.

Finally, there’s price. Looking in almost every Toronto newspaper or Yellow Pages and it becomes evident where the larger eye centers and Lasik Centers are located. These are the ones that advertise using expensive full page and color pages in the newspaper. Although most focus on price, note that due to their size, these groups and Lasik surgeons typically do a lot of business. This means experience! It also suggests that they have the capital to purchase the latest equipment. So don’t be quick to eliminate the heavy advertisers without due consideration.

Finding the right Lasik MD is not difficult considering the growth of this field. Due to competition, many doctors and eye centers, even those using the latest technological advances, are very price competitive. The most important part of finding the right medical facility to doctor is not to decide who will do your procedure based solely on price alone

Excimer lasers, designed for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), are marvels of modern medicine.

Many potential LASIK recipients want to know more about subtle differences among currently approved instruments. But for most people, laser choice makes no significant difference.

Most experts agree that surgeon skill and experience and the quality of care before and after a corrective eye surgery procedure are far more critical factors affecting final LASIK outcomes

Although all approved excimer lasers meet safety and effectiveness criteria established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), certain people may be better off with one type of laser over another.

Four Must-Knows About Comparing LASIK Laser Outcomes

When evaluating lasers, you may be drawn to information gathered during FDA clinical trials leading up to approval. But you should keep these points in mind when considering FDA data:

• Today’s results are often better than FDA data. By definition, FDA trials occur during the early period of a laser’s life cycle. Manufacturers are allowed to and often do make technical improvements to the instruments, sometimes even while the lasers are still under investigation.The surgeon’s technique evolves as well, and usually becomes more advanced than the technique used in the FDA trials. This, together with increasing surgeon experience over time, means that results in actual clinical practice are often better than the initial FDA data.

 



• FDA data in one study cannot fairly be compared with FDA data in another study. Manufacturers go to the FDA with various study designs, which often have differing endpoints and patient-enrollment criteria. Although all studies must answer certain basic questions regarding safety and effectiveness, they are not designed to be compared with one another.A true comparison of Laser A and Laser B would require randomized clinical trials, in which patients would be randomly assigned to receive surgery by one laser or the other over the same time period by the same surgeons. FDA trials don’t do that–although other, non-FDA studies sometimes do.

• Studies don’t cover every possibility. Just because you have a characteristic or condition not covered by the approved labeling of a laser doesn’t mean the laser won’t work for people with your characteristic or condition. It also doesn’t mean that another laser approved to treat people with your characteristic will do a better job.Remember, these studies have differing designs, and people with your characteristic or condition may or may not have been included, or their results may or may not have been analyzed, or there may have been too few such people in the studies to determine statistical or clinical significance.

• Once the FDA approves a laser, your surgeon can use it any way he or she deems appropriate. This is true of all FDA-approved drugs and devices. This is commonly referred to as “off-label” use of an FDA-approved drug, device or laser. It’s called a physician’s practice-of-medicine prerogative, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with it.In fact, most advances in medicine occur because of off label uses of devices or medications. So this type of use can be critical in modern medicine.

  For example, without “off-label” use of aspirin, no one ever would have known that aspirin (originally FDA-approved for pain control) is vital for reducing risk of heart attacks.

Armed with this insight, the informed consumer can begin to compare the commercially available laser systems approved for LASIK (see chart). Most discussion about these lasers surrounds the mechanisms they use to deliver the laser beam and track the eye during ablation.

Types of Modern Excimer Lasers Used for LASIK

Slit scanning lasers — Slit scanning lasers use relatively small beams linked to a rotational device with slit holes that enlarge. The laser beams scan across these holes during surgery, producing a gradually enlarging ablation zone. The approach provides a uniform beam and — potentially — smoother ablations than obsolete broad-beam lasers. The disadvantages include a slightly greater risk of decentration and overcorrection unless an eye-tracker is being used with the laser.

Spot scanning lasers — Spot scanning (or “flying-spot”) lasers, which are the most common, use small-diameter laser beams (0.8 to 2 mm) scanned across the cornea to produce the ablation zone. This approach has the potential to produce the smoothest ablations, to more readily allow customized ablations and to better treat irregular astigmatism.

Wavefront-guided lasers — Many excimer lasers are connected to a device that detects and “maps” defects in the eye’s optical system, based on how lightwaves travel through the eye. These wavefront devices individually guide the way the eye’s cornea is reshaped to achieve a custom LASIK ablation. Both slit scanning and spot scanning lasers have the ability to be used for wavefront-guided treatments.

Excimer Lasers and Eye Tracking

Most modern excimer lasers have automated eye tracking systems to keep the laser beam on target. Studies have shown that eye trackers produce better outcomes and decrease LASIK complications compared with past lasers that did not use eye tracking systems.

Indications and Features of Excimer Lasers

In the following chart, OZ stands for optical zone, meaning the maximum size of the pupil allowing light to pass through the eye that can be targeted effectively for correction with a specific laser. TZ stands for the maximum treatment area, including a transition zone that can be used in an ablation to achieve vision correction in the targeted area.

Pupil Size, Ablation Speed, and Patient Comfort

In recent years, increasing evidence has indicated that the zone where laser energy is applied to reshape the eye during LASIK may be too small to accommodate larger pupil sizes. If your pupil expands in low light beyond the zone where the eye was reshaped (ablated) for vision correction, you may have vision problems such as glare and halos at night.

Some surgeons believe the diameter of the zone where laser energy is used (ablation zone) should be at least as large as your pupil in dim light. If you have larger pupils, the type of excimer laser may be important in relation to how large an optical zone the machine is capable of creating. You should discuss this with your surgeon.

Ablation times also differ among lasers, ranging from 30 to 60 seconds or longer. You may consider that important in terms of your comfort as you undergo a procedure.

You also might want to ask whether your surgeon uses a laser or a bladed instrument (microkeratome) to create the flap used in LASIK eye surgery and how these two approaches might differ in terms of your comfort. Many surgeons take opposing sides in the blade vs. bladeless LASIK debate.

Again, no matter which laser is used, remember that ultimately your surgeon’s skill and experience likely will be the most important factors affecting your LASIK outcome.

The best medical treatments of any sort are those based on an accurate diagnosis. Custom LASIK is such an excellent vision correction because the diagnosis done first is so very precise.

All four of the main Custom LASIK systems use similar technology to give us four outstanding vision correction procedures:

• Bausch & Lomb’s Zyoptix®

• VISX/AMO’s Customvue™

• Wavelight, Inc.’s Allegretto Wave™

• Alcon’s CustomCornea®

Each Human Eye Unique

Our two eyes are not the same when it comes to the subtle Custom LASIK diagnosis. You will have two different treatments, and nobody else has had, or ever will have, either of those treatments. This is because each eye has two types of shape imperfections:

1. Lower Order Aberrations – overall corneal shape which gives you nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism; and

2. Higher Order Aberrations – unique microscopic bumps and hollows in its surface contour (the cornea), which can give you vision imperfections like halos around light sources, starbursts in low light conditions, and ghosting (faint duplicate images).

There are over 60 higher order aberrations and more being discovered all the time. Not all have names, but are expressed mathematically. They pertain to the quality of your vision, as opposed to its quantity. In other words, you might be corrected to have 20/20 vision – that is how much you can see. But you might still have difficulty with night vision because of your higher order aberrations, which determine the quality of what you see.

Custom LASIK diagnosis will map both lower and higher order aberrations, and the treatment laser will correct them all. Your treatment can be LASIK, PRK, LASEK, or Epi-LASIK, as all these LASIK variations are based on the same diagnosis.

The Diagnostic Steps

• The Custom LASIK system shines a light into one of your eyes as you look through an eyepiece. This light has a straight front end, with the rays lined up evenly.

• The light reflects back to the system from your eye and now it has a wavy front end, created by the contours of your eye.

• The system receives this wave information and expresses it on the monitor as a colored, three-dimensional map. Your eye surgeon will study these two maps, one for each eye, to devise your two laser treatments.

Traditional LASIK Diagnosis

When LASIK was first FDA-approved in the mid 1990s, that was what we now call Traditional LASIK. LASIK is a vast refinement over that original procedure, because of the subtle diagnosis.

Traditional LASIK was based on a standard diagnosis done using a phoropter. You are familiar with the phoropter if you have ever been tested for glasses or contact lenses. It is a floor-standing device with chin and forehead rests, and many lenses. The eye doctor flips between lenses asking you to read the smallest line of letters you can see clearly as you look through the eyepiece with each eye separately.

Traditional diagnosis with a phoropter detects only the lower order aberrations. Accordingly, glasses and contact lenses correct only those aberrations.

Fewer Potential Side Effects

The higher order aberrations were possible side effects of a Traditional LASIK procedure. But since Custom LASIK is based on a diagnosis of your higher order aberrations, it treats them, and they are not left in the eye to cause side effects.

Lasik Surgery Toronto

LASIK surgery is correcting people’s vision every day with very little complications. The common myth behind LASIK is the effects of the surgery. Many believe that after LASIK they will be free of glasses forever. This is just not the case unfortunately. Having the correct expectations of LASIK will help you not only decide if you want the operation done but also prevent any disappointments in the future.

The first thing to expect if you want this operation is going through the pre-screening process. You can even take the pre-screening questionnaire online to see if there is any chance that you would not qualify. This will prevent someone who is not a good candidate from undergoing the surgery and potentially having more serious complications than normal. Not everyone qualifies for LASIK, however, there still could be an alternative solution.

If you do qualify, understand how LASIK can benefit you before having the operation. LASIK does not ‘cure’ your vision for the rest of your life; it will however decrease your dependency on corrective lenses. How long the effects last is different for everyone. Many go on without glasses for many decades and other start wearing them again after ten or fifteen years. Since LASIK has only been around for that long, most people today are not wearing glasses but in ten more years, they could be.

Some expect immediate results after the operation. After surgery, many will not have clear vision for at least several hours. Normal recovery is several days before you head back to work or start driving again. While your eyes are healing, expect to go back and forth between clear and blurry vision for several weeks. Everyone’s recovery is different, some go back to work the next day and others wait much longer depending on any complications. Do not expect fast results, you could have to return to get a slight adjustment.

Repeat treatment may be necessary, depending on how your eyes heal and the results after surgery. Some need to have an adjustment or re-treatment. Since LASIK costs a few thousand dollars, check to see if the office where you are having the surgery done offers free re-treatments. Most places offer it for a certain amount of time, somewhere between six months and five years. This could save you a lot of money depending on where you go.

Vision results differ between patients as well. The legal driving vision is 20/40 and 95% of all LASIK procedures produce better than 20/40 results. Most people experience between 20/30 and 20/10 vision. If you have less than seven diopters of myopia, you will have close to a 99% chance of better than legal driving vision. Of course, everyone’s eye deteriorates over time and you can expect these numbers to get worse but if your eyesight before LASIK was 20/1500, there is an obvious difference.

LASIK is not for everyone and it could take several months before you can ’see’ the difference clearly. Technology is getting better and major complications are rare but remember that LASIK is not a permanent solution, but in the short term, you can throw those glasses away and begin to leave free of corrective lenses.

Laser Eye Surgery Toronto

Although nearsightedness (myopia) cannot be cured, treatment can restore normal or near-normal vision.

Most people who are nearsighted simply wear glasses or contact lenses to correct their vision. This is the standard treatment for nearsightedness. But you may choose to have surgery to correct your vision.

•  Corrective lenses refocus light entering the eye on the retina. Eyeglasses and contact lenses are the treatment of choice for most people with nearsightedness. Both are safe and effective and are less risky and less expensive than surgery. Some people find that eyeglasses do not provide the same quality of central or side vision as contact lenses. And while contacts can provide excellent vision, they do carry a risk of infection and therefore require regular cleaning and maintenance. Prescriptions for eyeglasses and contact lenses specify both the shape and power of the lens.

• Surgery changes the shape of the cornea. Several procedures are available, such as LASIK, photorefractive keratectomy, corneal ring implants, and intraocular lens implants (IOLs). See the Surgery section of this topic for more information.

No single treatment is right for everyone who is nearsighted. Consider the following general points in deciding which option is right for you:

•  How predictable are the results (how reliably does the treatment provide the exact amount of correction needed)

• How stable are the results? Does the correction change over time?

• What are the risks and potential complications?

•  How much maintenance and self-care are needed?

• How convenient is the option? What is the cosmetic effect (that is, how does it look on you)?

• Age can be a factor as some surgical procedures are not approved for people younger than 18 years of age. In people younger than 20, the eyes may still be changing (refractive instability).

• The laser surgical procedures most commonly used to correct nearsightedness cause permanent changes in the eye. They cannot be reversed. Newer options such as corneal ring implants or intraocular lens implants (IOLs) can be removed if needed

• What is the cost of treatment? Will insurance cover it?

Other considerations may affect your choice of treatment.

•  Will the treatment affect your work or career? Some jobs (an aircraft pilot, for example) may not allow certain corrective treatments. Be sure to check with your employer or a professional organization or society in your field before you make a decision.

• If you actively participate in contact sports—such as boxing, football, wrestling, or martial arts—in which blows to the head, face, and eyes can occur, talk to your doctor about which treatment will work best for you

• Certain health conditions and medicines may affect the outcome of surgical treatments. For example, autoimmune or immunodeficiency diseases and some medicines may prevent proper healing after surgery. Other conditions, such as pregnancy, diabetes, or use of steroid medicines, may cause changes in vision.

• Certain conditions in the eyes may affect your choice of treatment. For example, people who have a history of glaucoma, keratoconus, inflammatory eye diseases, herpes simplex keratitis, or past eye injuries or surgeries should avoid surgery to correct nearsightedness.

Should I have laser surgery for nearsightedness?

If you decide to have surgery, make sure you choose a surgeon who has low complication rates or extensive experience in performing the type of surgery you will have. Studies suggest that complications are not as likely to occur after surgery performed by an experienced surgeon as after surgery performed by a surgeon with less experience.

A cataract is a painless, cloudy area in the lens of the eye that blocks the passage of light to the retina. The retina is the nerve layer at the back of the eye. The nerve cells in the retina detect light entering the eye and send nerve signals to the brain about what the eye sees. Because cataracts block this light, they can cause vision problems.

What causes cataracts?

Aging and exposure to sunlight can cause cataracts. Changes in your eyes are often a normal part of aging, but they do not always lead to cataracts.

Cataracts can also happen after an eye injury, as a result of eye disease, after you use certain medicines, or as a result of health problems such as diabetes.

Sometimes children are born with cataracts.

What are the symptoms?

Cataracts can affect your vision.

• You may have cloudy, fuzzy, or foggy vision.
• You may see glare from lamps or the sun. You may have trouble driving at night because of glare from car headlights.
• You may need frequent changes to your eyeglasses prescription.
• You may get double vision in one eye.
• Your near vision may improve for a short time if you get a cataract. This temporary improvement is called second sight.

Sometimes cataracts do not cause vision problems.

How are cataracts diagnosed?

Your doctor can find out if you have cataracts by doing a physical exam and by asking questions about your symptoms and past health. You may need other tests to make sure you have a cataract or to rule out other conditions that may be causing vision problems.

How are they treated?

Surgery is the only way to correct vision loss caused by cataracts. But cataracts in older adults do not always need to be removed. The vision loss from a cataract often happens slowly and may never become severe.

There are a number of things you can do that may help you manage your vision problems. Many people get along very well with the help of eyeglasses, contacts, or other vision aids. Keep your eyeglasses or contact lens prescription up to date. Also make sure you have plenty of lighting in your home. You may be able to avoid or delay surgery.

Whether you need cataract surgery depends on how much of a problem the cataract causes for daily activities like driving and reading. Surgery is almost always by your choice (elective) and can be scheduled when it is convenient. For people who do decide to have surgery, the surgery usually works very well.

Some people have to have surgery. Children are sometimes born with cataracts that need to be removed. Other people may get cataracts after an eye injury or as a result of eye disease or other health problems. Cataracts from these causes may also need to be removed.

How can I prevent cataracts?

There is no proven way to prevent cataracts. But there are some things you can do that may help slow cataract growth. Do not smoke. Wear a hat or sunglasses when you are in the sun, and avoid sunlamps and tanning booths. Eat healthy foods, and limit alcoholic drinks. Keep diabetes under control.

Toronto Laser Eye Surgery

One of the most innovative methods of dealing with eye problems today is LASIK Eye Surgery. But what is LASIK and how do you know if you are a good candidate for the surgery?

Short for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, the procedure involves peeling back a small section from the top of the cornea. A focused laser will be used to reshape the cornea and eliminate any tissue that may be the root cause of the eye problem. While not always a road to perfect vision, LASIK can greatly improve one’s eyesight.

LASIK is a surgical procedure

Yes, LASIK is a surgical procedure. As such, it carries with it some risks. Before anyone can undergo LASIK surgery, a qualified physician will evaluate the individual’s fitness for the procedure. This will mean some preparation for the evaluation.

If you wear contact lenses, the physician will most likely ask that you switch to eyeglasses about two weeks before you are evaluated. If you wear hard lenses, think in terms of several weeks. It is important that the current shape of your cornea is obvious to the physician, and any type of eyewear that rests on your eye can impair that information. You may also be asked to from smoking and limit your alcohol intake as well, so you’re general eye health can be evaluated properly.

Be prepared to provide your physician with information about any prescription medications you are currently on, including dosage and frequency. If you take any over the counter medications or herbal supplements, have that information handy as well. Any allergies you may have should also be discussed in advance with your doctor.  Because LASIK is a surgical procedure, your general health comes into play as well.

Should it be determined that you are a candidate for LASIK, your doctor will also have several recommendations for how you should prepare for the surgery. At least the day before the procedure, discontinue use of any creams, lotions, perfumes, colognes or facial makeup. Any lingering traces of any of these substances can provide opportunities for infection. Eliminating them greatly reduces the chance for problems during and after the LASIK procedure.

In addition, be aware that you do not need to be behind the wheel of a car after your surgery. While you will still be able to see, your vision will be blurred and a small shield will be placed over your eye at the end of the LASIK procedure. The shield has two purposes. The first is to allow the small flap that was retracted to be placed back into position and to heal. The second purpose is to minimize the chances for infection during the healing process. Along with the cap, your doctor may also proscribe pain medication that will impact your reflexes. Arrange for a ride home and also take into consideration that you may need to stay our of the driver’s seat for a period of time after the surgery. Your doctor will tell you when you can resume driving.

Many people find LASIK surgery to be the answer to their eye problems. Consult your physician and see if the procedure would benefit your situation.

Lasik surgery is gaining popularity these days as it is a relatively painless procedure and it also reduces the dependence on glasses and contact lenses. It will not be a surprise if in a few years time we do not see people wearing glasses for eye problems.

High energy laser is used to correct the position of corneal stroma, thereby correcting the vision permanently. Lasik vision institutes are basically centers where a team of experienced and expert ophthalmologists conduct Lasik surgeries for people with eye problems.

Lasik vision institutes advertise in different media like newspapers, television, yellow pages and web sites. The cost for the procedure in the greater Tornto Area ranges between $1,000 to over $4,000. But a patient is advised to take in factors like reputation of the Lasik vision institute, association of the Lasik surgeon with academic centers and his experience in handling latest procedures and technology.

However, Lasik is not conducted until the patient reaches the late teens as the eyes keep changing. Also, there are some risks and post operative complications involved in the procedure. So, these Lasik vision institutes counsel the patient on his eye condition, explains the procedure of Lasik, the benefits and risks involved in the surgery so that the patient can take an informed decision.

There are some pre-operative measures suggested for Lasik surgery. The patient is advised not to wear contact lenses at least fifteen days prior to the surgery as it may alter the shape of the cornea. The procedure takes hardly 30 minutes during which the patient is normally awake and mobile. Anesthesia is given in the form of eye drops to alleviate the pain.

Lasik vision correction is preferred to PRK, photo refractive keratectomy, as the later takes more time to heal and thereby is more painful. A metal blade called microkeratome is used to create the flap of cornea thereby revealing the stroma. Then, excimer laser is used to vaporize the tissue in a controlled manner thereby remodeling the corneal stroma.

A Lasik surgery may cost anywhere between 25,000-3,50,000. A course of antibiotic and anti-inflammatory eye drops is usually prescribed after the operation. Dark goggles are given to prevent direct exposure to bright light.

However, the Lasik vision correction also has some risks or complications. One of the most common post Lasik complications is Sub-conjunctival hemorrhage, which can be corrected by drugs. Some of the other complications reported frequently are: Sensitivity to light, dry eyes, wrinkles in flap, double vision, debris under flap, erosion of epithelium. But around 92-98% of patients are satisfied with Lasik.

LasikAide is an online information hub for those who have minor defect in vision and want liberty from lenses and glasses. Here you will also get information about lasik surgery and Lasik Vision Institute.

LASIK surgery is a very detailed surgical process involving the reshaping of the cornea with an excimer laser so that the cornea iis better able to refocus rays of light on the retina, thereby improving the patients vision in one or both eyes.

If you are considering the surgery you should note that the procedure is not recommended for everyone with vision problems however if you are near-sighted, far-sighted, suffer from astigmatism, or want to eliminate dependency on eyeglasses and/or contact lenses, then you already make a good candidate for laser eye surgery.

GTA - Greater Toronto Area residents - are fortunate to have a variety of options when it comes to Lasik Surgey. There are a number of Lasik Surgery clinics, public settings, or private practices that offer the procedure, as well as trained and highly skilled medical surgeons who specialize in vision-corrective surgical procedures; some even specialize in this procedure specifically.

If you are considering LASIK eye surgery in Toronto, you will likely have many questions; the GTA’s qualified specialists are there to help you answer them. It’s a good idea to learn as much as you can about the procedure and ask plenty of questions about wthe process, what you need to know and do prior to the operation, and, most importantly, what to expect after the surgery and the post-operation recover time.

In the meantime, below are a few key points to consider. Please note that the information consists of basic guidelines and should not replace a consultation with your doctor and/or surgeon.

Before the Procedure:

-Arrange for a meeting with your doctor or the surgeon who will perform an initial evaluation to ensure your candidacy for this eye surgery.

-Stop wearing your contact lenses about two to four weeks prior to the exam to allow your corneas to return to their natural, irregular shape.

-Ask your doctor or surgeon any questions you have about the surgery.

-Prior to the start of the surgery, you will be asked to remove all make-up, facial lotion or cream, and perfume. In addition, you will also need to arrange for a ride to and from the clinic.

-Fasting may be required beforehand.

During the Procedure:

-Expect the surgery to last about a half hour but be prepared to stay at the clinic for several hours.

- You will be comfortably sitting back in a reclining chair in the examination room while the surgeon performs the surgery using the laser system.

-While a numbing drop will be used on your eyes right before the operation, you will still feel some sensation (pressure and minimal discomfort) throughout the operation.

-The exact techniques used ho reshape the cornea via the exciter laser may vary,depending on where you go and which surgeon you chose for LASIK eye surgery in the Greater Toronto Area

After the Procedure:

-Side-effects, such a itching, burning, discomfort, tearing, watering, sensitivity to light, slightly blurred vision, and mild pain, are common right after the operation, but are temporary, and should disappear within a few days.

-Do not rub your eyes following your eye surgery, and do not wear contact lenses. Let your eyes heal.

-You may be given pain medication and/or eye drops to take home.

-At home, you must rest and avoid certain activities (such as contact sports, wearing eye make-up, and swimming) for certain periods of time (your surgeon will advise you accordingly).

-Your first follow-up visit should occur within one to two days after the surgery.

-Report to your surgeon or doctor if your post-operative vision discomfort worsens or become severe.