The average time for an LASIK procedure of Laser Vision Correction is thirty minutes or below. Patient spend the process lying on the back in a recliner. You might be given medication to relax you. Doctor uses a device to hold eyelids open after placing numbing drops in eye. An eye will be covered with a suction ring before the corneal flap is sliced. As a result of the pressure created, your eyesight may become slightly blurry.

Eye surgeon removes a little hinged flap at the front of eye using a tiny blade or cutting laser during Laser Vision Correction procedure. Doctor can reach the portion of cornea that has to be reshaped by pulling back the flap. Eye doctor reshapes a portion of cornea using a laser that has been programmed. A very small quantity of tissue from the cornea is eliminated with each laser pulse. After shaping the cornea, the surgeon realigns the flap. Typically, the flap heals without stitches.