How Well Your Vision Improves After LASIK?

LASIK can actually scale back your dependence on glasses and contact lenses, however, there's no guarantee that you will have a good vision without glasses. A perfect vision is that the best outcome of LASIK, whether or not you receive it depends on an individual experience. Everyone’s eyes and vision are distinctive. What works for a few might not work for others. Success in LASIK surgery depends on the individual. Your personal lens prescription can tell how an individual might respond to LASIK. The higher your prescription, the lower the prospect of an ideal outcome. Your healthcare professional before surgery will study your health data and can be able to offer you an informed guess on your expected outcome. Each individual is unique—problems can occur in any field of health if medical providers view each patient as the same.

Consider Your Expectations

Your potential vision after surgery depends on the quality of vision you are expecting, and also on what styles of visual activities you are doing on a daily basis. Do you want to be able to see the alarm clock without your glasses, or do you want to see clearly through an archery scope lens? These types of desirable expectations should be to be discussed with your medical professional so as to realistically assess your possibilities of a successful outcome. Your final satisfaction with your results of LASIK depends totally on having realistic expectations in your case. Before creating a final judgment, make sure you have a talk with your health care provider concerning how well you actually expect to see once the surgery is done.

“20/20” Vision Doesn’t Mean “Perfect” Vision

Today, most patients expect to have  20/20 uncorrected vision, and the majority have a minimum of 20/40. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that this procedure is “intended to scale back a person’s dependency on glasses or contact lenses.” Doctors cannot guarantee that you can find yourself with good vision. Based on the doctor’s experience, most patients get “20/HAPPY vision.” This implies that your vision might not be precisely good, however, you can enjoy 95 per cent of your daily activities while not wearing glasses or contact lenses.

Typical LASIK results:

• 98% of the patients get 20/40 or higher vision
• 90% of patients get 20/20 or higher vision

You should be aware that every Snellen eye chart (the one with the massive E at the top) is only one measurement of your vision. You may be able to read the bottom line on the chart, but it will still not be seen clearly. You might get debilitating issues like halos around lights, glare, filmy vision or terribly dry eyes that decrease the standard of your vision. Try to not focus on getting the number 20/20. Instead, focus on the goal of your surgery: to scale back your dependence on glasses or contacts.