II want to a change tried of wearing glasses and contacts seem to bother me. Does it hurt and what do they give you so your not in pain during the procedure.
What Lasik My Right Eye Is -8.50, Left Eye -9.50 Am I A Good Candiate Also Nearsighted?
February 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
I had Lasik done last June in Houston Texas, and it was a lot simpler then some would say. It doesn’t really “hurt”, but it feels really weird. They did not prescribe any pain killers, just gave me some aspirin and told me to take over the counter ones for any discomfort. I never needed them personally, but they do prescribe you a couple of eye drops. One is an antibiotic and the other is an anti-inflamatory. The antibiotics are for one week every four hours and the eye drop are every 4 hours for the first week, then as needed or every 8 hours for the first 3 months. As for the “pain” during the procedure, there wasn’t much of that either. They use a numbing injection that you only feel pressure when they put it in, they said it was because the eyeball itself doesn’t have enough (or any) nerves for register it as pain. I only felt the pressure of something touching my eye, as if trying to remove a contact lens. After the 15 minute surgery, I took a 4+ nap and was seeing almost perfect when I woke up. By my first follow-up visit the next day I had 20/20 in both eyes. My second (one month) and third (three months) visits showed I had 20/20 in my right and 20/15 in my left
It’s possible, depending on the doctor. There are parameters for doing Lasik varies from doctor to doctor. In other words, your prescription might be too strong for one doctor to perform the surgery but another doctor might say it is perfectly fine to do the surgery. It really just depends on the doctor. Of course, the smaller the prescription, the better the outcome. Since you have such a strong prescription, you may or may not end up with the desired vision that you want. You would most likely end up with much better vision of course, but you might not end up with 20/20 vision. As for pain during the procedure, that varies from person to person. Some say there is some slight discomfort, some say it is painful, and some say it’s not painful at all. I guess it just depends on your pain threshold. Typically, you will be given a sedative such as Valium before the procedure. This is to relax you. A prescription for pain medicine is usually given after the procedure. There is usually some discomfort and/or pain after the procedure while the eyes are healing. There are different types of Lasik and the recovery time depends on the type that was performed. You could have discomfort for only a few days or you could have it for a week or longer.
Ophthalmic Technician