One common concern is whether it s possible for laser eye surgery to cause blindness.
Can you go blind from laser eye surgery.
I ve been doing laser eye surgery for 20 years and i ve never seen an infection although they do happen.
The most serious that could happen would be an infection.
Lasik surgery is considered to be a fairly low risk and highly successful elective surgery.
The american refractive surgery council states that no one has ever gone completely blind from laser eye surgery with inadequate aftercare being the direct cause of any laser eye surgery induced blindness.
Thankfully the chances of going blind as a result of laser eye surgery are very tiny indeed.
Total blindness where you have no light perception caused by laser eye surgery is extremely rare.
It s logical to worry about the risks of laser vision correction.
In short no one has got off the operating table without being able to see.
The american refractive surgery council reports that there are no actual cases of blindness resulting directly from lasik surgery and the success rate is as high as 96 percent.
There are of course risks because every surgical procedure carries a risk.