LASIK Surgery - The 5 Key Advantages of LASIK Eye Surgery

When considering any type of surgery, it's important to consider the risks versus the reward, the pros and cons, and the advantages and disadvantages. This is true of LASIK eye surgery as well. Only by seeing the big picture can you make the best decision.

So what are some of the advantages of LASIK eye surgery?

1. History of Success
LASIK has a history of good success rates. By "success rate," I am referring to surgeries that result in corrected version. Approximately 80% of LASIK surgery patients achieve the level of vision they want. This is a major advantage of having LASIK.

2. Less Pain
In most cases, LASIK laser eye surgeries are less painful than other types of eye surgery (such as the photorefractive keratectomy or PRK). In fact, there is typically not much pain associated with LASIK surgery at all.

Obviously this is a big advantage of LASIK surgery, especially when combined with the success rate of LASIK surgery. Any time you can reduce the amount of pain associated with a surgery while keeping the benefits, you've found something worth looking into.

3. Relatively Quick Results
With LASIK laser eye surgery, vision correction usually takes place immediately following the surgery, or by the next day. Vision is obviously a big part of our lives, so quick results from an eye surgery can be a major benefit.

4. Quick Recovery
LASIK typically produces quick results, and the recovery time is also fast (when compared to other types of eye surgery). In most cases, LASIK eye surgery requires no stitches or bandages, so recovery time is shortened.

5. No More Glasses
Arguably the biggest benefit of LASIK laser eye surgery is that it corrects vision to the point that patients no longer need glasses or contact lenses. This is a quality-of-life benefit that leads a lot of people to choose LASIK in the first place.

Of course, this is only one side of the story. While there are certainly some strong benefits to having LASIK laser eye surgery, there are some disadvantages as well. We have covered those in a different article below.