20 Jul Are You a Good Candidate for LASIK? A Patient’s Self-Check Guide
Thinking about LASIK usually starts the same way: you're tired of glasses fogging up, contacts drying out, or just wanting to see clearly the moment you wake up. But before booking a consultation, it helps to have a realistic sense of whether you're likely to qualify in the first place, since not everyone is.
According to Harvard's Department of Ophthalmology, about 94 to 100% of patients with low-to-moderate nearsightedness achieve 20/40 vision or better after LASIK — a strong outcome rate reserved for patients who actually meet the standard criteria. Those outcomes depend on selecting the right patients through a comprehensive eye examination. That's one reason why choosing an experienced refractive surgeon is so important. Research published through MedicalResearch.com also found that patient satisfaction with LASIK significantly exceeded satisfaction with continued contact lens wear over a three-year follow-up period across 20 sites in the United States.
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