Weighing the Risks and Benefits of LASIK

Serving Burbank, Los Angeles, and Surrounding Areas

Benefits of LASIK

1. In one short session, you can say goodbye to vision problems you may have had your entire life including:
• Nearsightedness
• Farsightedness, and/or
• Astigmatism


2. LASIK has been well researched and FDA-approved, so we can rely on it being an effective and safe procedure. As long as you choose a LASIK surgeon who puts quality of service above profits, you should have excellent results from your LASIK surgery. Part of the excellence of service will be screening potential LASIK patients, so as to perform this surgery only on good candidates. This will in turn ensure good results.


3. You can throw away your old glasses or contacts and have more freedom in your life.
• No more will you have to remember where you last put those glasses
• No more visits to the eye doctor to update your prescription
• No more concern about them being broken or lost
• No more crawling around on the floor to find that lost contact lens


4. Wider choice of recreation:
• Contact sports
• Skiing, snowboarding etc.
• Water skiing, sailing, racing etc.

Risks of LASIK

1. There are some vision side effects that can turn out to be permanent:
• Halos around lights
• Blurred or double vision
• Poor night vision


2. Some people develop dry eye syndrome. This is a temporary side effect, but sometimes the laser has impaired the eye’s ability to produce tears. This creates ongoing discomfort, requiring continual use of eye drops, and may even impair vision to some extent.


3. You may be disappointed with the change in your vision. You may have expected a more dramatic improvement. This risk can be avoided by good initial consultations with your eye surgeon and good patient selection on the surgeon’s part.


4. You might be under-treated. This could arise from several causes.
• Some facilities emphasize quantity of patients over quality of service, so they may neglect to give you a thorough pre-op eye exam. In those situations, you might be able to obtain follow-up treatment, but it will probably be charged a second fee.
• Sometimes a quality eye surgeon will err on the cautious side with the best of intentions and skill. In this case, you’ll almost certainly be offered follow-up surgery at no charge.
• In some cases no second surgery is advisable, in which case you’ll have to continue wearing glasses or contact lenses, as you did before surgery.


5. Infection could develop. Any time the body is cut, bacteria can invade and cause infection. The small flap your eye surgeon makes to expose corneal tissue for the laser can sometimes become infected although antibiotic eyedrops should be given to prevent this. But sometimes it happens and can be painful and alarming until it’s treated.


6. In rare cases, the small flap doesn’t heal properly and forms little ripples or ridges. These cause blurry areas in your vision. A good LASIK surgeon, such as Dr. Khanna at the Khanna Institute of LASIK and Refractive Surgery, can usually correct this.

If you’re considering LASIK, the best way to approach it is to choose your eye surgeon very carefully. Don’t be shy about interviewing several, asking lots of questions, and moving on if you feel the doctor isn’t listening to you or answering questions clearly.

To learn more about LASIK and what the risks and benefits are, please contact the Khanna Institute of LASIK and Refractive Surgery today to schedule your initial appointment.

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Burbank LASIK Surgery Disclaimer: Dr. Khanna serves eyecare patients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. This site is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be medical advice for those seeking LASIK surgery, but to provide information about the Los Angeles, California LASIK Surgeon, Doctor Rajesh Khanna, M.D. Dr. Khanna proudly serves patients throughout Southern California and Orange County including: Alhambra, Altadena, Anaheim, Arcadia, Baldwin Park, Bakersfield, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Camarillo, Carson, Cerritos, Chino, Chino Hills, Compton, Corona, Costa Mesa, Diamond Bar, Downey, East Los Angeles, Fontana, Gardena, Glendale, Hacienda Heights, Hawthorne, Huntington Beach, Huntington Park, Inglewood, La Habra, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Lakewood, Lancaster, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Mission Viejo, Montebello, Monterey Park, Newhall, Newport Beach, Norwalk, Ontario, Oxnard, Palmdale, Palos Verde, Paramount, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Redondo Beach, Riverside, Rosemead, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica, Santa Rosa, Simi Valley, South Gate, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Trabuco, Upland, Ventura, and West Covina.

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