If you decide to undergo LASIK surgery, you will need an initial Ophthalmologic Clinical Evaluation by your eye doctor to determine if you are a good candidate.

If you wear contact lenses you should stop wearing them before your initial Ophthalmologic Clinical Evaluation and switch to wearing your glasses full-time. Contact lenses change the shape of your cornea for up to several weeks after you have stopped using them depending on the type of contact lenses you wear. Not leaving your contact lenses out long enough for your cornea to assume its natural shape before surgery can have negative consequences. These consequences include an imprecise surgical plan and inaccurate measurements, resulting in poor vision after surgery. These measurements, which determine how much corneal tissue to remove, may need to be repeated at least a week after your initial evaluation and before surgery to make sure they have not changed. If you wear:

Medical information: You should tell to your doctor about your past and present medical and eye conditions as well as all the medications you are taking, including any medications you may be allergic to.

Important Information for a potential patient: You should discuss with your doctor about several topics, such as whether you are a good candidate, the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the surgery, you expectations and responsibilities before, during, and after surgery. You should take enough time to think about the risk/benefit discussion, to review any informational literature provided by your doctor, and to have any additional questions answered by your doctor before deciding to go through with surgery.

Immediately after the procedure, you may experience some discomfort, your eye may burn, itch, or feel like there is something in it. They may tear or water. Your vision will probably be hazy or blurry. You may experience sensitivity to light, glare, starbursts or haloes around lights, or the whites of your eye may look red or bloodshot. You should avoid rubbing or bumping your eyes after vision correction surgery. Rubbing your eye could dislodge the flap, requiring further treatment. This is normal and may last for a few days. Pain relievers are occasionally needed and are prescribed if necessary. To help prevent infection, you may need to wait for up to two weeks after surgery or until your doctor advises you otherwise, before using makeup, lotions or get water in your eyes. You should also avoid swimming, dusty or dirty environments, sports such as boxing, football, karate, etc. and using hot tubs or whirlpools for 1-2 months.

YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF…

	- You experience severe pain
	- Your vision or other symptoms get worse instead of better.