If you are considering getting laser eye surgery, you may think “does laser eye surgery hurt?”. No, it doesn’t hurt! Does laser eye surgery hurt is a frequently asked question. Laser eye surgery is a pain-free operation. Anesthetic eye drops are applied to the patients before the surgery and the anesthetic drops rapidly numb the eyeballs and prevent any pain during the procedure.
You can get in touch with Idelia Health to learn the details of laser eye surgery. Idelia Health is a health tourism agency in Turkey which can help you find the best hospitals and clinics to get a laser eye surgery in Turkey for affordable prices.
How Does Laser Eye Surgery Work?
Laser eye surgery is applied to patients to reshape the surface of the eye. This operation is applied to correct myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
The cornea is the transparent structure in the front of the eye. Excimer laser is used during laser eye surgery on the cornea. The filing is as sensitive as about one-400th of our hair. The aim is to restore the vision of the patient to normal and let them live without the need for glasses or contact lenses. Laser surgeries have been performed in the world for more than 30 years and have been applied to approximately 50 million people.
In the methods we call surface laser, the epithelial layer (corneal tissue) covering the surface of the cornea is removed manually, with the help of a laser beam the underlying permanent stroma layers are reshaped. If the tissue is removed and discarded, it is called photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), if the tissue is evaporated with laser, it is called LASEK. The PRK Method is the first and oldest method, since the epithelium covering the surface is removed, pain, sense of burning and stinging occurs on the first day after the procedure. Despite this, it can still be preferred in many cases, especially in thin corneas. PRK method is mainly used with patients who are unsuitable to other methods of laser eye surgery.
How Long Does Laser Eye Surgery Last?
Laser treatment is the best way to solve the problems of short-sightedness, long-sightedness, and astigmatism. Laser eye surgery is a life-long solution for all these problems. The chance of repetition of the short-sightedness, long sightedness or astigmatism is very low. The results of laser eye surgery last lifelong.
How Does Lasik Work
Another common procedure, Lasik, a thin corneal flap (sheet, pocket) is created with a thin blade called a microkeratome or another laser known as a femtosecond laser. The epithelium (corneal tissue) of the cornea is preserved. Therefore, the pain, burning, stinging may occur very little, maybe a few hours, or even not at all. This procedure is known as laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). If femtosecond laser assistance is used in this process, a flap (page) is created with a precision of one hundredth of the hair strand. This, in turn, can increase post-operative safety.
Thanks to the anaesthetic eye drops that applied 15 minutes before laser eye surgery, patients feel no pain at all during the operation. If you have any doubts about “does laser eye surgery hurt”, you can contact Idelia Health to discuss the treatment and lasik eye surgery in Turkey.
