Does LASIK eye surgury hurt??!
Question: Like how bad, from a scale to 1-10. 1 being doesn't hurt and 10 hurts like hell.
Answers: Like how bad, from a scale to 1-10. 1 being doesn't hurt and 10 hurts like hell.
The actual procedure is painless, as they numb your eyes and usually give you Valium. After those both wore off, I would say my pain was a 3. After a night of sleep, my pain was a ZERO.
I was about 20/250 before Lasik surgery a couple of years ago. The procedure was painless, probably due to the Valium they gave me. The ride home (as a passenger, of course) was fairly uncomfortable, mainly due to light sensitivity. The doctor gave me dark goggles, but the light was still too bright. I was in some pain once I got home (maybe 3 hours post procedure), but I had some left over Vicodin, and took two doses of that. The Vicodin took the edge off. Slept fine that night. Woke up the next morning, and I COULD SEE FINE! Hallelujah! I was jazzed up about that. I drove myself to my one day check up (an 2 hour round trip) with no problems, although I did bring someone with me, as a backup driver, should it have been necessary. For that check up, I was seeing at 20/25, less than 24 hours after the surgery. I went to work that afternoon (doing ultrasound which really requires you to use your eyes). For my one week check up, I was seeing between 20/20 and 20/15. Other than the touch of pain I had post procedure, before I went to bed for the night, I had no other problems. I would do it again in a heartbeat! No more glasses, no more contacts, no more cleaning solutions and saline!
you dont feel it at all during the procedure.
you might get a little brusing after from the thing that holds your eye open but nothing really bad.. id say brusing would be a 1.
1. If there were a 0, that would be it. No pain, not a bit! I was terrified before hand and I would say the things that hold your eyes open are weird feeling, but no pain. It's the best money I've ever spent. I've been spectacle free for 8 years now!!
Everyone's right during the surgery, you feel nothing. And after the numbing drops wear off you will have a burning sensation. The 1-10 scale is based really on your personal pain thershold and your prescription.
The stronger your prescription, then the longer the laser will be on your eye and the more it will burn after the surgery.
For example if your prescription is around -2.00 sph OU then it will burn about a 3. But if you are around a -6.00 sph OU I would put the burning around a 8.
But the burning will only last around 4-5 hours after the surgery. And if you sleep after the surgery it will be a breeze.
The next couple days your eyes will be more dry than usual and it may feel a little like you have an eyelash in your eye at times, but I would say it feels more annoying than painful.
Either way, it's like a couple hours of discomfort for a lifetime of perfect distance vision, so why not do it?!
1, it doesnt hurt at all...