LASIK surgery can and has changed the life of many vision correction patients, since its inception. However, as with all surgeries, there are risks and possible LASIK surgery complications. While, many of these LASIK complications are rare, it's important to go over them with your doctor during the consultation phase of your pre-operative visit.

The pre-operative visit is more for just an eye exam and to see if you are a good candidate for the procedure. This is the time for you to ask questions and qualify the eye surgeon. You ask questions about qualifications and experience, costs and pricing, and risks and complications, as well as follow-up care.

The risks involved in refractive surgery are: some patients lose lines of vision, some patients develop debilitating visual symptoms, such as halos and double vision making night (or low light) vision worse, the treatment may be too much or too little for your visual capabilities causing the need for glasses or contacts after surgery, some patients develop dry eye syndrome, with some farsighted patients LASIK results can diminish with age and long-term data are not available on LASIK.

LASIK eye surgery is a fairly new technology and procedure, therefore there is no long-term data showing long-term side effects or changes to the vision. If you are considering other testing and procedures to accompany the LASIK refractive surgery, you should ask about, research and consider the risk and complications they have.

The LASIK surgery complications often far outweigh the benefits and many patients have had successful eye surgeries with amazing results that last a lifetime. One of the biggest deciders in the risks and complications is the experience and qualifications of the eye surgeon you choose. When done correctly, by an experience and qualified LASIK eye surgeon, refractive eye surgery can bring a new sense of energy to your life by removing the hassle of contacts and glasses as vision correction aids.

While, it's important to weight the LASIK surgery risks and complications against your own set of values, ask the eye surgeon you are considering for references. Speaking with someone who has been through the procedure with that particular doctor can help you make the right decision to changing your life for the better.