I'd say more than 98 percent of folks who wear contacts or glasses without other major eye problems, but don't like wearing their glasses or contacts, are good candidates for this surgery. Ten years ago, I was fortunate to assist in the first Excimer laser surgery done in America. The patient is conscious during the entire procedure, which usually takes about 11 minutes. The surgery causes little or no bleeding, and most patients have only mild discomfort for the first 24 hours after the procedure. Most patients return to normal activities in one to three days.
Some patients return to normal activities in one to three days.
Some patients enjoy dramatically improved vision within hours but a few may require additional fine-tuning. He says a lot of his patients regretted not having the surgery done sooner. That's when we realized we were delivering expectations very nicely. This is the greatest ophthalmic invention that's come along in the past 50 years.