How To Avoid Complications With LASIK Surgery

As with any surgery, LASIK has a few complications. Scientific studies conducted in the late 1990s depicted that a meager 5% of LASIK eye surgeries resulted in some sort of complication. However, expert eye surgeons claim that the complication rate drops well below 1% if the patient is thoroughly examined prior to the surgery, so as to ensure that the procedure is feasible and beneficial.
Though quite rare, complications due to LASIK do occur. The following are some of the frequently reported complications of LASIK eye surgery.
Dry eye syndrome
Light sensitivity
Halos or glare around light sources at night
Over/under-correction
Ghosts/double vision
Induced astigmatism
LASIK eye surgery involves the cutting of a flap in the cornea, which is li View the rest of this article