We all know that one of the great things about living in this modern era is that we can now do things that seem to be very much impossible for us years ago. One of those things aside from the development of the PC and the internet is laser eye surgery.

Being able to stop having to worry about taking your eyeglasses with you everywhere and to avoid getting them broken are more than enough reasons for many people to undergo laser eye surgery.

Nevertheless even though laser eye surgery is understandably very popular these days like all medical procedures it is not without its risks.

In this article we will discuss these risks and complications and talk about what can be done in each instance.

Possible Risks

We’ve all heard about over and under correction associated with laser eye surgery, maybe some have heard of flap wrinkles too, but it is more than likely that you will not have heard of some of the more dangerous laser eye surgery complications such as central corneal Islands in the eyes.

In some cases the laser used during surgery doesn’t remove the tissue in a uniform manner and so areas of tissue end up raised up and form Central Corneal Islands. Luckily only 1% of patients generally suffer from this.

Depending on your case you may have the option to undergo more surgery to correct this problem, but if not you will probably have to wear correction lenses of some kind.

DLK or diffuse lamellar keratitis as it is known technically is another complication known to take place in eye surgery when foreign bodies manage to find themselves within the corneal flap.

When this occurs a patient can experience blurred eyesight, more than normal sensitivity to light, possibly some pain and or the sensation that something is trapped in the patient’s eye.

If a patient finds him or her self subject to these symptoms, he or she should waste no time in contacting his or her doctor even if the surgery was performed a long time ago. Normally this can be remedied with the subscription of oral and topical medication.

Another complication that can take place after the surgery is the appearance of epithelial in-growths under the corneal flap. If this starts to occur vision can be affected significantly.

Also, there is the corneal ecstasia that may weaken the cornea and make it bulge after surgery. This occurs when the surgeon creates a deeper incision during the flap creation process then necessary or when he or she removes too much corneal tissue.

Unfortunately, for this type of laser eye surgery complication, it can only be put right with a corneal transplant.

So these are a few of the eye surgery complications that can take place, it’s important to remember that these complications only happen to a very small percentage of people undergoing laser eye surgery.