As Chuck Knapp explained, he went back for a follow up visit and said his vision was better after the second time. It depends on the degree of nearsightedness. In general, maybe five, six percent of people need a touch up, an enhancement type of procedure to correct whatever residual refractive error there is. Well that s not bad at all. This is not covered as of yet by insurance because it s elective.
Most insurances don t cover it.
And it s a quick procedure too. It s about a ten minute procedure. And a lot of that is getting down, lying down, washing around your eye. The actual procedure itself is a couple of minutes. It s very quick and it s painless.