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Laser eye treatment has been a widely accepted and popular eye treatment today but many people are still concerned about laser eye surgery risks. There are also a mind bogging amount of technological terms in use for eye surgery, such as bladeless lasik and vitrectomy surgery. It is an alternative treatment to glasses, contact lenses and other eyewear. The post procedural risks of a laser eye treatment (or Lasik eye surgery) are rather thin in possibility but treatment are no risk-free. Discussed here are the possible and commonly complications and risks of a laser eye surgery (note: astigmatism problems may not require laser eye surgery although some surgeons do use refractive eye surgery procedures to correct it; and cataract surgery is not Lasik; and there are several ways to treat presbyopia).

1. Corrected vision worse than before
- Sounds peculiar but not unheard of is that visions obtained after corrective eye surgery or Lasik vision correction treatments are worse than before. Maybe caused by irregular removal of tissues during surgery or hazing in the corneal due to post-operation infections.

2. Slow healing and infections
- Although infections are unlikely for laser eye treatment but there are still possibilities and if it does happen, the healing rate of the lasereye will be delayed with no lasting affects for four years in discomfort.

3. Regression
- Regression represents another laser eye surgery risks. An undercorrection, overcorrection or retreatment of or during the surgery might cause a gradual lost in effects of the treatment.

4. Undercorrection / Overcorrection
- Undergoing laser treatment for the first time? It is impossible to perfectly predict how ones? eye will respond to a laser treatment thus hereafter; glasses or lenses might still be needed. However, a follow up surgery might help improve the end result.

5. Development of Halo effect
- This happens when low level of lights are given penetration to the corneas an effect of parts of periferal cornea left untreated creates faded secondary image as the pupils enlarge. Noticeably when driving at night.

6. Excessive Hazing in the Cornea
- This is a common phenomenon in a post-procedural healing process. In any case of the excessive hazing interfere with the vision; a further laser eye treatment can cure it.

7. Severe Dry Eye Syndrome
- Dry eyes resulting by the inability of the eye producing sufficient moist to keep the eye moisture after the surgery due to the exposure to laser. This will further causing discomfort and may cause drop in the visions? quality. It might be permanent but can be treated by using intensive eye drop or retreatment surgery.

- Occurs when patients, usually elderly having dissatisfaction of not having a perfect distance sight and near sight at the same time. It is impossible to have both sight problems in the same eye be cured together. The use of corrective lenses still required. Myopia patients might still rely on their myopia when reading and even after surgery, the need to wear glasses when reading is still applicable; although the prescription would be lower than before.

9. Damage or Loss of Flap
- Rare yet not unheard of cases of flap detached or damage during surgery, although it was supposed to hinge on the cornea. A replacement of the flap will be given after the procedure but the risk of damage or loss of flap is still there.

10. Distorted Flap
- This happen when an irregular healing of the flap tissue occurs after the surgery resulting in corneal distortion consequently decreases the best-corrected vision.

Upon reading this, some of you might say laser eye treatment (or laser vision correction) is one too risky procedure to take but fact is, it is better to put things in perspective as a measure of precaution as far as eye care is concerned. The chances of encountering these risks (or lasik eye surgery risks) during the laser eye treatment procedure (such as when using excimer laser) are actually extremely thin although they do arise occasionally but, so far majority of the patients undergoing laser eye treatment went home with a happy face and satisfaction. We hope this article about laser eye surgery risks can help you make informed decisions about laser eye surgery.

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