What does the patient feel during laser eye surgery?
Before the procedure, the doctor instills particular anesthetic drops into the patient’s eyes, which cause a temporary feeling of numbness. During the operation, a person sometimes feels mild pain and sometimes something like a burning sensation, and “the presence of sand or glass” in the eyes. All unpleasant feelings disappear within a few hours when the patient rests at home. After 24 hours, patients do not feel any discomfort, provided they follow the doctor’s postoperative recommendations.
For laser eye surgery abroad, a patient must allocate an average of 7 days. Upon returning home, the patient will not feel anything unusual in the eyes.