Most patients have a reasonably comfortable period after surgery and are back at work within a few days to a week. Depending on the vision correction procedure, driving may be unsafe for one to two weeks. Tinted glasses with ultraviolet protection are needed when out in the sun for the first three months.
Laser surgery will not be able to cure age-related presbyopia and the need for reading glasses that people often develop in their mid-40's. This is because presbyopia is not to do with a problem with the cornea. Instead, it occurs when the lens becoming less flexible with age.
One of the most frequently asked questions is - can Lasik make you blind? The short answer is that there is a very extreme chance of a Lasik or Laser Eye Surgery procedure making you blind. The chances are in the millions to one and is not something that you should be thinking about. It is only in very extreme circumstances that a complication can lead to blindness. As you will see in the majority of the forum posts in this blog, we try to get across the overall benefits of Laser Eye Surgery and try not to tell too many horror stories - because there aren't any.
