How long will my laser eye surgery last for?
Posted in lASER EYE SURGERY on September 5th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to commentIf people are going to invest the money in laser eye surgery then the chances are they want to know how long the procedure is going to last for. The surgery can cost up to £5000 depending on how high your prescription is and the type of treatment you wanting to have. Intralase Lasik with Wavefront is the best and most expensive treatment available. How long laser eye surgery lasts is a difficult question to answer and no surgeon will every guarantee that it will last forever. The following are a few statements that help explain it:
- About 7% of people will need a laser re-treatment. This means that your prescription has returned and that they will need to have the eyes re-lasered.
- The eyes very rarely regress back to what they were before the surgery. For example of your presciprion was -4.00 before the surgery they may regress back to say -1.00.
- Long sighted eyes are more likely to regress than short sighted eyes.
- The higher the prescription the more likely you are to regress.
- 93% of people only need to have laser eye surgery carried out once.
- Most clinics will perform any laser re-treatments for free.
Different clinics will have different re-treatment rates and this is something you should research before having the surgery. There are about 30 clinics in the UK ranging from smaller clinics like advanced vision care to the largest clinic that is Optical express. You should make sure you read optical express laser eye surgery reviews if you are considering having your treatment with them. They may also give you an insight in the re-treatment rates.

