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A Lasik eye surgery can seem to be a big thing for many people; and many of them do not want to ask all the questions. People fear the unknown; and the Lasik procedure is not one of the most talked about issues. In this article you can read about some of the most commonly fears and how most people experience the operation.

In both Lasik surgery and all other kinds of operations, a common fear is about the pain during and after the operation. But a Lasik surgery is almost painless. Before the Lasik surgery is performed the eye will be applied with numbing drops. You will also be provided with a mild sedative to relax you and make you comfortable. So even though there can be a small pressure to the eye, you will not feel any pain.

The surgeon does use a laser in the eye to help reshape the cornea during the Lasik procedure. Many folks are worried about the laser being shone directly into the eye, or that they might look away and, due to this, develop a serious complication with their eyes and the Lasik laser beam effects. In actuality, the laser is only active for ten to fifteen seconds for each eye, and the Lasik machine has a tracking system that allows the beam to be on only when the eye is in the correct position.

Another common fear is the fear of “the scalpel”. All the eye surgeries use either a very small microkeratome blade or the laser itself to create the flap that is needed to perform the laser operation. So there is no reason the fear about a scalpel, because it is actually not used.

Many wonder about the horror stories they hear about this or any other operation, and wonder about serious consequences like going blind. According the government statistics taken by the FDA, there are no reported cases of blindness due to a Lasik operation.

The reality is that the risk of major permanent complication less than one percent. And if we include the minor complications too (like light halos) the risk is less than 3 percent totally. It is only a very few rare cases where a Lasik surgery will not improve the vision.

If you are afraid about the fact that you are awake and you are having your eyes open during the surgery, then remember that you will have been given a mild sedative and your eyes will have been dripped with numbing drops.

Are you more bothered about the thought of the Lasik physician’s hand approaching your eyes? Right before the surgery your eyes will be dripped with drops that makes your vision black out for ten to fifteen seconds; long enough for the surgery for that eye.

Martin Elmer is writing about eye surgery in Laserbehandling. You can read about LASIK, LASEK, LASEK, Wavefront and Aspheric treatment in Lasek operation.

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