Lasik Eye Surgery Side Effects

The lasik eye surgery has been appreciated by people. Like other surgeries lasik eye surgery is a surgical procedure. As in any kind of surgery, lasik eye surgery side effects are also not unusual. It is a rare possibility that the patient following a laser eye surgery have some side effects after their surgery. The lasik eye surgery side effects include dry eye, double vision (diplopia), infection, or difficulty seeing at night etc. Though whatever the problem may occur after lasik eye surgery, it can be ultimately cured with re-treatment or an enhancement of the eye.
Among the most common lasik eye surgery side effects infection comes first. This side effect is common with any other surgery. The doctor usually prescribes an antibiotic or anti-inflammatory drop as a remedy of this lasik side effect. Some other lasik side effect like dry eye is combated by use of moistening drops in the eyes. The cornea is always naturally moistened by the tears from lacriminal sack. Immediately after the surgery this natural moistening may strop temporarily. After a span of time this natural tear secretion starts again. Night haze or glaring is another one of lasik eye surgery side effects.  This side effect is usually eliminated by proper rest or temporary uses of lenses or filters. It is for this reason immediately after the surgery the doctor recommends wearing of dark glasses. These lasik eye surgery side effects   are short term problems and cures within two to three weeks after the surgery. To overcome these lasik eye surgery side effects you may be given a schedule by the doctor and also told to frequently visit the doctor to determine the percentage of recovery. Overcorrection and under correction of vision also comes under lasik eye surgery side effects. This happens due to improper diagnosis and imperfect surgery of the cornea. This is usually corrected by using of corrective lenses or contact lenses as a temporary means. For permanent solution of this lasik side effect is re-treatment or enhancement of lasik surgery is required. Regression is also a lasik side effect. In this the cornea is irregularly shaped during the surgical process. Due to this the vision correction is not up to the expectations as promised by the doctor. The remedy of this is either re-treatment or enhancement lasik surgery. With the introduction of newer technologies like custom wavefront lasik eye surgery the mapping of the eye is done by wavefront technology resulting in near perfect shaping of the cornea. This newer technologies successfully eliminates overcorrection, under correction and regression lasik eye surgery side effects. These lasik eye surgery side effects can be corrected only after 90 days from the date of initial surgery.
Some serious and long term lasik eye surgery side effects are dislocation of corneal flap and epithelial ingrowths in the corneal flap. Many times after the surgery when the corneal flap is put back it either becomes distorted or crumpled. This gives rise to lasik side effect of dislocation of corneal flap. Sometimes at the recovery stage due to rubbing of eyes accidentally the corneal flap may get dislocated. The only remedy of this lasik side effect is re-treatment or enhancement surgery. Sometimes epithelial ingrowths occur in the corneal flap as one of the lasik eye surgery side effects. The only rectification of this lasik side effect is re-surgery.
Summary
The lasik eye surgery side effects are usually temporary in nature and can be corrected after taking sufficient rest and adhering to the advice of the doctor, during recovery. The long term lasik eye surgery side effects are usually corrected by re-treating or enhancement surgeries. The lasik eye surgery side effects in no case can hamper the vision permanently though some failures may occur.