Will I Really Not Need Glasses or Contacts?

While every patient's results are different, the overwhelming majority of patients having undergone the LASIK procedure report no longer needing their glasses or contacts almost immediately after the surgery. No LASIK surgeon can guarantee those results, especially because of the wide variability of the baseline vision ability with which patients come in having, but the reported results speak for themselves.

Once the surgery is complete, your LASIK surgeon will probably send you home to sleep, and you'll be wearing protective eye wear to shield your eyes from even the dullest of sun rays that have the potential to damage the surgeons work. You'll be quite tired, so you're probably going to sleep for quite a while. However, upon waking up, you should notice the remarkable difference in your vision. This is the point at which many patients report having dramatically clearer vision. It is also the point where they realize they are probably no longer going to need their glasses or contacts!

It is important that you talk to your doctor about reasonable results that you can expect. You may have quite a different vision issue that may prevent you from expecting these results. Your doctor will be very honest with you regarding the kind of vision you can hope to have upon completion of the LASIK Eye Surgery vision procedure.