February 14, 2011 
Accuracy, security of instruments and steady hand of experts guarantee complete safety during shaping the cornea with a laser, i.e. vision correction, even if you sneeze or blink… Prof. Dan Reinstein of the London Vision Clinic revealed a few facts about Lasik surgery:
- It is not a problem if you blink, sneeze or cough during the procedure. Educated physician and technology will ensure that these minimal movements do not affect the result.
- One laser pulse removes a quarter of one hundredth of the width of a human hair.
- The laser cannot blind you. It can correct vision problems with eyes that are affected by the aging process, farsightedness and astigmatism.
- Most patients can see pretty good already in the evening after surgery and on the next day they can return to work.
- The main side effect is dry eyes. Sometimes it takes up to several weeks in order to remedy this situation.
- There is a chance of 0.1 percent or less of visual complications.
- Laser is not hot but cold.
- Fragrance that patients sense during the procedure is not “burning eyes”, but the carbon atoms that are created by laser.
- The procedure does not hurt, and the changes that are thereby achieved are permanent.
Taken from: www.net.hr