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• Your ophthalmologist will alter the shape of your cornea with LASIK by using a laser. The laser eye surgery enhances the focus of light on the retina. Myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism can all be treated with LASIK.
• The purpose of LASIK is to improve your eyesight by correcting your refractive defect. Your need for eyeglasses or contact lenses may decrease as a result of LASIK eye surgery. In rare circumstances, it might even enable you to fully forgo them.

Who is the Right Person for LASIK Surgery?

You must fulfil a number of prerequisites in order to have LASIK surgery. Here are some of them:

• You must be at least 18 years old (ideally, over 21 years old, when vision is more likely to have stopped changing).
• Your eye prescription shouldn't have altered much over the past 12 months.
• You must have a refractive defect that can be corrected with LASIK.
• Your corneas must be strong and thick enough, and your eyes must generally be in good health.
• Realistic expectations about what LASIK can and cannot do for you are necessary.

There are some persons who cannot get LASIK. They consist of those who:

• a fluctuating (unstable) refractive error.
• severe cases of astigmatism, myopia, or hyperopia.
• severe dry eye illness excessively thin corneal scarring.
• keratoconus (cone-shaped cornea) (cone-shaped cornea).
• chronic glaucoma.
• cataract that impairs vision.
• a history of some eye illnesses.
• diabetes that is not effectively managed.

Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should also refrain from having LASIK. This is because pregnancy-related visual alterations can happen.

You can discuss further conditions with your ophthalmologist that might prevent you from undergoing LASIK.

Your eye doctor will evaluate your eyes to see if you are a candidate for LASIK. What will be done is as follows:

• Your eyes' general condition will be examined.
• You will have your cornea measured.
• You'll get your pupil size measured.
• You will have your refractive error assessed.

Your ophthalmologist may occasionally gauge the quantity and calibre of the tears your eyes produce. To determine if you have Whether dry eye exists, and how severe it is.