What Are The Risks Associated with LASIK?
LASIK is very safe. While there is always the risk of complication, the risks are relatively low. Candidates who have been properly evaluated before treatment are unlikely to experience problems. The most common effects people experience following LASIK surgery is dry eye that lasts for several months, and occasionally a patient will report dry eye that lasts over a year.
Additionally, under correction or over correction can occur, and about 1-2% of patients require a touch up. People who are very nearsighted run a greater risk this will occur.
Finally, infection affects one in 4,000 or 5,000 patients. Although this problem is very rare, if it does occur, you’ll want a surgeon who has background and experience to manage the problem and treat it effectively. At Florida Eye Specialists, Dr. Hasan is an experienced professional who has served in his position as the director of the Laser Vision Correction program at Florida’s Mayo Clinic for 10 years. There, Dr. Hasan has been consulted numerous times on cases wherein patients suffered from complications.
Dr. Amit Chokshi, also from Florida Eye Specialists, is a graduate of the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the Chief of Ophthalmology at Baptist Medical Center. Both our doctors are more than able to handle complications as they arise.