http://californialasiksurgery.org/lasik-procedures-per-year/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://californialasiksurgery.org/lasik-procedures-per-year//comment-page-1#comment-2799 Hugh Davila Sat, 01 May 2010 11:12:58 +0000 http://californialasiksurgery.org/lasik-procedures-per-year/#comment-2799 In the last ophthalmologist office I worked in the laser machine was huge and had a bed the patients laid in. He would give a patient a valium if they were scared and then numb the eye with a drop (no needles and not asleep). They would then hold the eye open with an instrument and start the procedure. It is important for you to keep your eye still and look right where s/he tells you to as the more you move the longer the procedure takes. In the last ophthalmologist office I worked in the laser machine was huge and had a bed the patients laid in. He would give a patient a valium if they were scared and then numb the eye with a drop (no needles and not asleep). They would then hold the eye open with an instrument and start the procedure. It is important for you to keep your eye still and look right where s/he tells you to as the more you move the longer the procedure takes.

]]> http://californialasiksurgery.org/lasik-procedures-per-year//comment-page-1#comment-2727 Enda Siedlik Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:11:58 +0000 http://californialasiksurgery.org/lasik-procedures-per-year/#comment-2727 Yes, a flap is created with your basic LASIK. There is another option called PRK which they now say is actually better than LASIK. Keep in mind though with PRK, it is a 7 day recovery period vs 24 hours with LASIK. What they do with PRK is literally buffer off the top few layers of your cornea leaving abrasions on the eye. If you qualify for laser vision correction and go with PRK, make sure you get some post treatment pain killers and plan on taking a week off work. Believe me, when I had PRK done a little over a year ago, I didn't have anything for the pain and I wondered what in the heck I was thinking in the 1st place. When I had an enhancement a few months ago due to one eye settling at 20/40 I had post surgical meds and it was smooth sailing. Yes, a flap is created with your basic LASIK. There is another option called PRK which they now say is actually better than LASIK. Keep in mind though with PRK, it is a 7 day recovery period vs 24 hours with LASIK. What they do with PRK is literally buffer off the top few layers of your cornea leaving abrasions on the eye. If you qualify for laser vision correction and go with PRK, make sure you get some post treatment pain killers and plan on taking a week off work. Believe me, when I had PRK done a little over a year ago, I didn’t have anything for the pain and I wondered what in the heck I was thinking in the 1st place. When I had an enhancement a few months ago due to one eye settling at 20/40 I had post surgical meds and it was smooth sailing.

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