Laser eye surgery?

IT never crossed my mind but now i'm actually thinking about it. Please I need to know if it hurts,is it safe,does it cost a lot,etc. Also I need to know if there is an age requirment...I am 16years old if there is. Ok, I can't post pictuers but I'll give you detail what I look like.

I kind of have a round face shape to myself. ((Naturally.)) Pale looking skin. Hazel eyes. Dark brown shoulder length hair. Height:5ft 5inches. Weight: 103lbs. Glasses: Skinny black glasses. I also have long arms. Sorry if any of this is pointless I just need to figure out about the whole Eye surgery thing and how it works.

Answers:

1While refractive surgery is becoming more affordable and safe, it is not for everybody. People who are slow healers or who have ongoing medical conditions such as glaucoma or diabetes, uncontrolled vascular disease, autoimmune disease, pregnant women or people with certain eye diseases involving the cornea or retina, are not good candidates for refractive surgery. Keratoconus, a progressive thinning of the cornea, is a common corneal disorder. It is believed that additional thinning of the cornea via refractive surgery may contribute to advancement of the disease [2], that may lead to the need for a corneal transplant. Furthermore, some people's eye shape may not permit effective refractive surgery without removing dangerous amounts of corneal tissue. Those considering laser eye surgery are often advised to have a full eye examination with an experienced surgeon.

Other risks even for healthy people may be:

* Infection and delayed healing: There is a less than 0.1 percent chance of the cornea becoming infected after PRK, and a somewhat smaller chance after LASIK. This is uncomfortable, but has no long-term effects after a period of four years.

* Undercorrection/Overcorrection: Predicting perfectly how your eye will respond to laser surgery is not yet possible. Therefore, you may still need corrective lenses after the procedure to obtain good vision. In some cases, a second procedure can be done to improve the result.

* Decrease in Best-Corrected Vision: After refractive surgery, a few patients find that their best obtainable vision with corrective lenses is worse than it was before the surgery. This may happen as a result of irregular tissue removal or the development of corneal haze.

* Excessive Corneal Haze: Corneal haze occurs as part of the normal healing process after PRK. In all but a few cases, it has no effect on the final vision and can only be seen by an eye doctor with a microscope. However, there are some cases of excessive haze that interferes with vision. As with undercorrections, this can often be dealt with by means of an additional laser treatment. The risk of significant haze is much less with LASIK than with PRK.

* Regression: In some patients the effect of refractive surgery is gradually lost over several months. This is like an undercorrection, and a re-treatment is often feasible. But, usually results are permanent.

* Halo Effect: The halo effect is an optical effect that is noticed in dim light. When the pupil enlarges to adapt to the dimmer light, a second faded image is produced by the untreated peripheral cornea. For some patients who have undergone PRK or LASIK, this can interfere with night driving.

* Flap Damage or Loss (LASIK only): Instead of creating a hinged flap of tissue on the central cornea, the entire flap could come loose. If this were to occur it could be replaced after the laser treatment. However, there is a risk that the flap could be damaged or lost.

* Distorted Flap (LASIK only): Irregular healing of the corneal flap could create a distorted corneal shape, which would decrease the best-corrected vision.

* Dry eye: Feeling of dryness, soreness, and discomfort in the eye.

* Altitude effects: Some refractive surgery patients have reported significant changes in vision with changes of altitude (perhaps because oxygen concentration can affect corneal swelling). A patient who achieves good vision at sea level may have poorer results in the mountains.

* Incomplete Procedure: Equipment malfunction may require the procedure to be stopped before completion. This is a more important factor in LASIK, due to its higher degree of complexity, than in PRK.

Many people with myopia are able to read comfortably without eyeglasses. Myopes considering refractive surgery are advised that this may be an advantage after the age of 40 when the eyes become presbyopic and lose their ability to accommodate or change focus.

I hoped this helped

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