People are growing tired of their glasses and are opting for vision corrective surgery.

More and more people are choosing LASIK eye surgery and risks associated are still there. The risks do decrease as technology advances, but they are still there.

As with any medical procedure there is risk, and LASIK eye surgery and risks is no exception. Make sure that as your doctor explains the procedure to you and the risks involved that you understand everything and if you read something somewhere that your doctor doesn't cover, ask him/her. You must never leave any stone unturned when it comes to your health. Let’s take a look at LASIK eye surgery and risks that are associated with it.

Complications that arise with LASIK surgery are rare, as potential patients are carefully examined well before the surgery and only those with a good expectation of improved vision are candidates for LASIK.

Only one percent of LASIK patients have any complications and those that may occur can easily be corrected with re-treatments with the laser or other enhancements to the eye. It is rare for complications causing permanent damage to the eye or vision loss.

Complications that could arise after LASIK surgery are haziness in vision, dry eye problems, and infections. Other visual aberrations include glare, halos, double vision, and loss of sensitivity to contrast.

* Having had LASIK myself a few years ago, I recall that the doctors told me the glare, dry eyes and halos were somewhat common, but usually only for a few weeks or a couple of months at most. They gave me some eye drops and recommend fish oil (Omega-3 fatty acid) capsules to help my eyes recover quicker and for general eye health too.

Troubles with night vision may also occur. Fortunately most complications are minor and can easily be corrected with eye drops, oral medications, or another laser treatment if needed. With a one percent risk of complications, LASIK eye surgery is a great option for correcting vision problems. Most surgeons believe any risks involved in LASIK surgery are far outweighed by the benefits.

The more serious risks, included in the one percent, include an irregular astigmatism. Only patients with astigmatisms up to a certain level, which is normally diagnosed in the pre-LASIK exams, are able to have LASIK performed. What happens is that swelling in the cornea causes ghost images and double vision. If treatment is needed, this problem corrects itself sometimes; a re-treatment or an enhancement may be needed.

Also with LASIK surgery there is not any readily available data about long-term effects. LASIK is basically a new form of surgery that is not tried and true by any means. In fact the very first laser that was approved for use when it comes to LASIK surgery was in the year 1998. For this reason both the effectiveness and the overall safety of LASIK surgery is not entirely known. Another complication to consider with LASIK surgery. Doctors need to cut a hinged flap in the cornea, lifting it for corrective surgery, then replacing the flap to form a natural bandage.

* My doctor gave me protective shields, kind of like safety goggles, to where at for the first few night after the surgery.

A new LASIK procedure has been developed that involves blade-free laser technology. The newest technology is called IntraLase and is an improvement on the former procedure but also costs more. The patient is given a choice of having the more expensive procedure or they want the traditional, less expensive LASIK.

Another choice is custom LASIK that can treat vision errors that were not once noticed and higher order aberrations. Custom LASIK uses a mapping of the cornea to locate the areas that need to be reshaped to enhance vision.

If the flap is not cut correctly, it may not stick to the surface of the eye. It can be cut too thin or too thick and when placed back over the cornea it could wrinkle and cause complications. These wrinkles could lead to vision distortions caused by irregular astigmatism.

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