Laser eye surgery questions?!


Question: Laser eye surgery questions?
I'm only 15, so I may not be getting it for a few years til my eyes stop changing. I just have a few questions about it, before I even consider it:
1.How is it done? can you give me a detailed description? Not just "They scrape your eye, you keep it open" etc. What do they use and all that?
2. I watched a video online on a girl who got it done, and she said for a while her eyes were open, but it was black. I freak out when I'm blinded. If I'm in total darkness I will freak out. it's not a fear of the dark, it's a fear of being blinded, and not being able to see.
3.How long does each eye take?

Answers:

I had it done a week ago!

1. They first lay you down on a padded bed thing, and swing the laser machine over you. They then fit the instrument that keeps your eyes open on your eyelids, which feels a bit uncomfortable but not too bad.

Then comes the blinding part - they use a suction thing to stop your eye from moving while they cut the flap. It felt like someone was pressing on my eye and my vision went grey for about five seconds. I could hear the vibrating from the microkeratome cutting the flap in my eye but not feel it (other than a vibration).

Then the doctor puts eye drops in my eyes, and peels the corneal flap away and my vision changes from sharp to almost like looking in a stained glass window. Then I have to stare at a red light for around a minute per eye. They count down. You can smell a funky smell like hair burning... but no pain.

Repeat for the other eye!

I was in the operating room maybe 5-10 mins total.



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