This surgery is very gratifying. People like results. They like not wearing their glasses or contacts. We treat the patient, not just the eye. We spend time learning what our patients want to be able to do as the result of the surgery.
Refractive surgery is simple, straight forward surgery done on an outpatient basis.
You are likely to experience more discomfort from the anxiety and stress anticipating the surgery than pain from the surgery itself. Before the surgery, an anesthetic is applied to the eye. You are awake and aware, but you should feel very little. After surgery, the most common complaint is a scratchy feeling or the feeling that something is in the eye. University of Iowa Health Care does not sponsor or endorse these sites, or treatment.