A lasik surgery is a practically painless procedure. Anaesthetic eye drops take care of this, though there may be some discomfort or dryness lasting s few hours once the effect of the anaesthesia wears off. This feature along with the fact that it is a very fast process draws people towards lasik eye surgery. Patients have great expectations from lasik eye surgery and eagerly look forward to the promised perfect vision. However, it is important to realize that there are possible side effects of lasik surgery. There may be blurred vision, light sensitivity or some dryness in the eyes. The good thing is that these side effects of lasik surgery may be temporary and often disappear soon.

Some amount of risk of complications as well as side effects following a laser vision correction is to be expected and these include infections, under corrections, over corrections, night glare, regression and corneal haze. Some other side effects are free flap with lasik and epithelial growth after lasik.

The biggest risk after lasik surgery is that of infection, that makes it imperative that you follow a post surgery activity schedule. The chances of developing eye infections are very low though it may still occur and often the healing process in these cases is very slow.

A common side effect of lasik surgery is under or over correction that may call for a touch up surgery inside 90 days. This problem could also lead to the need for corrective lenses to enable the patient to see clearly.

Flap loss with lasik is a complication in which the flap that is cut into the cornea comes off due to some injury to the eye or by direct impact on the eye within 24 hours of the lasik surgery.

Dry eye condition is another side effect of lasik surgery where there is insufficient production of tears to keep the eyes moist and clear. This causes a burning sensation and irregular blurring requiring intensive drop therapy for rectification.

Some estimates put the chances of occurrence of side effects of lasik surgery at 5%.

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