FAQs

Laser eye surgery has attained its place in the world of medicine as an operation that provides clear vision by correcting the cornea refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism by means of excimer laser device. Laser technology has been used for many years in the treatment of eye diseases.

During the laser eye surgery, the patient is asked to focus on a certain point. The cornea layer, which causes visual impairment due to surface defects, is reshaped by delivering laser beams to certain points on the outer surface of the cornea. In this way, the cornea surface is provided with the ideal shape in a manner specific to the patient. As a result, a clear vision is achieved in the patients with myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.

Laser devices are highly advanced instruments in technological terms. The patients are required to avoid as much as possible moving their eyes. However, the device features the ability to track the eyes while delivering the beams to the eye of the patient.

The laser eye surgery may be applied to the cases of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism with suitable eye structure. In other words, the nearsighted and farsighted patients may be candidates for this treatment. Lastly, Trans PRK may be applied in the cases with thin cornea and with steeper-than-normal cornea surface.

The procedure is started by numbing the eye tissue by means of anesthetic eye drops. In this way, the patient does not feel anything during the surgery. Then, a flap is lifted from the cornea by means of an instrument called microkeratome. This is called the formation of a corneal flap. The corneal flap is folded back and moved away from the area where the laser is to be applied. Excimer laser beams are delivered to the tissue under the lifted part. The patient does not need to stay in the hospital after the procedure.

After the laser eye surgery, the eye numbers will not increase any more. The complaints such as stinging, redness, light sensitivity and blurred vision for the small writings on television, etc. may develop in the patient for 36 hours after leaving the hospital. The problem of dry eyes may also be experienced during the first month after the surgery. However, the problem of dry eyes is alleviated with the help of eye drops. None of these problems is permanent.

At the present stage achieved through advancing technology, the laser eye surgery technologies yield much more precise results. Further, the complication risk has been reduced very significantly compared to the past.

No. The laser eye surgery aims only at eliminating the eye problems such as myopia, astigmatism and hyperopia. It will never alter the color of your eye.

The laser eye surgery does not carry any risk of blindness. Especially at the present stage of the laser eye surgery technologies, the procedure, which is performed via the techniques customized to every patient, has become much more perfect as compared to the early times of practice. The laser eye surgeries are performed with the state of the art devices in our eye centers.

The cost of the laser eye surgery changes according to the eye structure of the patient and the surgical technique to be employed. The laser eye surgeries, which are performed in our country under the same technological conditions as those in Europe and England, are offered at lower prices due to the conditions in Turkey.