Many believe do not think that laser eye surgery has any risks or even any side effects to worry about, however, you must remember that it is still surgery and complications can arise.

Laser eye surgery risks are not very common but do exist so you should be aware of them just in case. The different laser eye surgery risks include infection and delays in healing, under correction or over correction, a decrease in best-corrected vision, excessive corneal haze, regression, halo effect, flap damage or loss, distorted flap or a few others.

In about one tenth of every person that receives this surgery has suffered from the laser eye surgery risks of infection or delayed healing. If an infection does occur is does not result in any long-term effect. You will have some discomfort and of course, the healing process will take a bit longer.

There have been great advances in laser eye surgery procedures; however, no physician can guarantee that that the surgery will give you perfect vision. Under correction or overcorrection is a laser eye surgery risk that can occur. If this does occur, you may have to still wear glasses or have another surgery.

In a few patients that complain of the laser eye surgery risk of an increase in the blurry vision they had prior to surgery. This is a very rare occurrence but does occur if the tissue has been irregular tissue removed or a corneal haze may have developed.

Corneal haze is one of the laser eye surgery risks that every patient has after surgery. In most cases, this will disappear in a few days and your vision will be clear or will not interfere with your vision. Sometimes, the corneal haze does interfere with your vision and another surgery is recommended.
Excessive Corneal Haze

Some people have noted that a laser eye surgery risk is that over time their vision returns back to the way it was prior to surgery, which is called regression. In this case, a second surgery is always recommended.

The halo effect is another laser eye surgery risk and is noticed mainly in dim light. When this occurs, you may have trouble with night vision.

Damage of the flap created in the cornea while performing laser eye surgery can become damaged or even lost if the flap was removed. A distorted flap can also occur during the healing process of the cornea flap.

Remember, most laser eye surgery risks are not common and as long as you have a licensed ophthalmologist and take his or her advice, you will enjoy clear vision.