Eye surgery also known as Laser eye treatment is a very delicate set of procedures, just like the organ it is performed on. The outcome of such procedures depends on the experience of the surgeon on one hand but, on the other hand, it is rather influenced by the general state of health of the subject or different particular conditions that he or she may have.

Whether you apply for LASIK, Epi-LASIK, Intralase or Wavefront LASIK treatment, cataract surgery or implantable contact lenses, you will have to take a personal suitability assessment that is meant to establish the risks that laser eye surgery may imply in your particular situation.

Specialist Eye Surgery

In addition, you will have to get an eye prescription from a specialist; it will help in the assessment of your chances for eyesight correction.

Patients who are in a general state of good health and can see well with their current glasses have the best chances to have their eyesight properly corrected without any risks involved. This means your eyes should be healthy and you must be able to provide a stable prescription for at least one year. Age is also a decisive factor – you must be over twenty to be operated on.

Eye Surgery Precautions

There are some medical conditions that may preclude patients from getting this kind of treatment. Among the most widely-spread we should mention: blepharitis and different current eye infections which will automatically have to be treated prior to treatment; epilepsy, dry eyes and MS; serious cases of diabetes; an increase in the internal eye pressure if it is not successfully kept under control; a glasses prescription showing over 0.75 as well as astigmatism; and large pupils requiring high correction.

There are patients with conditions that can never receive the green light for laser treatment; SLE, lupus, glaucoma, eye herpes present (including a history of this condition in the eye), rheumatoid arthritis, Crohs or collagen disease are on this list.

If you are partially sighted or blind in one eye, amblyopic or have a prism or squint that cannot be corrected or tolerated by contact lenses, you will be found unsuitable and advised to give up the idea. Pregnant women and those who are breast feeding cannot qualify for this type of procedure; they will have to wait up to three months after weaning. Depression is another condition that requires special attention so patients suffering from any form of depression as well as those of an obsessive nature will not be treated.

As it goes with many other sectors of surgery, eye surgery highly depends on the genetic inheritance of the patient and his or her general health state at the assessment time. Many patients are rejected due to serious conditions that might cause extra problems if laser treatment is applied. The safety of the patient is always taken into account before treating him or her with any of the modern techniques, no matter the procedure. For those who do not qualify, there are always alternative methods of getting improvement in their state.