It Is Possible to Have LASIK on Both Eyes?

LASIK treatment in Dubai on both eyes at the same time is referred to as “Bilateral Simultaneous LASIK”. Despite the cost of LASIK, being quite reasonable, the question remains, if the patient is ready for the surgery and can LASIK be performed on both eyes at the same time. Bilateral simultaneous LASIK is a good choice and has many benefits such as being cost effective and reducing the total medical cost, cuts post-operative recovery time in half, which gives the patient less time to take-off work and eliminates the need for the patients to use contact lenses on a temporary basis in one eye between surgeries.

The Eye Surgeon in Dubai suggests that patients should wait between surgeries for LASIK in Dubai, due to various factors such as the potential risks, which is limited to a small percentage of patients, which causes a shadow and tends to outweigh the positive factors of having LASIK performed on both eyes at the same time. The main reason this is recommended is so that the eye surgeon can determine how the patient's eye reacts to the surgery, whether it was a success or not (there is a chance that LASIK is not successful on a ratio of  one-in-a-million patients) and if the eye over responded to the treatment and turned nearsightedness into farsightedness.

If there is an infection in one eye during surgery, it can spread to the other eye as the surgeon will use the same microkeratome and blade in both eyes. This makes it complicated for the eye to heal, which makes it better to have one eye treated first so that the surgeon can learn a lot from the first surgery, which can help when the treatment is carried out to the other eye and improve the patient's level of comfort post surgery. What patients much remember is that there are many risks during the post-operative period, when the eye surgeon is not monitoring the patient 24/7.

The Eye Surgery in Dubai will also address the issue of temporary sight reduction. Having both eyes done simultaneously, means the patient will not be not be able to see clearly, which is often a short-term side-effect, and an annoying one. But it poses a safety threat to the patient. Ultimately, the patient and the surgeon must both consider whether or not to have LASIK on both eyes, subjecting both eyes to potential complications or vision loss at the same time, despite the minimum risk involved. LASIK treatment as opposed to many years ago, is now a safe and an effective treatment, due to technological advances and newest tools and methods being introduced.

The eye surgeon's opinion and the patient's eye health will be the decisive factor how and when, or even if the patient can proceed with LASIK surgery, to being with. There is a lot of “what ifs” to think about and consider. So make sure to have all your questions and queries answered so that you're comfortable with the treatment and do what is right, your eyes deserve it!