Myth:  The procedure is very painful….

Facts:

• Hardly. All patients are given anesthetic drops in the eye before the procedure. And they then don’t have much sensation during the procedure. The procedure takes barely 5-6 minutes per eye, and while they feel the doctor working on the eye, they do not feel pain.
• At New Vision Laser Centers, we have femtosecond lasers like the VisuMax. These don’t even cause the high suction that microkeratomes do. So the Femto-LASIK and ReLEx procedures offered at New Vision do not even cause the minimal discomfort that traditional microkeratome LASIK does.
• For a couple of hours after LASIK, there is certainly some pain and discomfort. But it is always transient, and we give our patients pain killers to deal with the discomfort in the immediate aftermath of the procedure.

Better vision in the blink of an eye. All Gain without Pain. That is the promise of LASIK