This is very important. Because glaucoma often has no symptoms, people may be tempted to stop or may forget to take their medicine. Laser surgery helps fluid drain out of the eye. Although your eye care professional may suggest laser surgery at any time, it is often done after trying treatment with medicines. In many cases, you will need to keep taking glaucoma drugs even after laser surgery.
Laser surgery is performed in an eye care professional's office or eye clinic.
Before the surgery, your eye care professional will apply drops to numb the eye. As you sit facing the laser machine, your eye care professional will hold a special lens to your eye. A high-energy beam of light is aimed at the lens and reflected onto the meshwork inside your eye. You may see flashes of bright green or red light. The laser makes 50-100 evenly spaced burns.