Before
LASIK
Before
the LASIK eye surgery, you will have a detailed eye exam. We are going
to put dilating drops into your eyes and examine your retina thoroughly.
You need to remove your soft contact lenses at least 1 day (ideally
1 week) before the exam and laser treatment. For hard and gas permeable
contact lenses, this period is 3 weeks.
On the day of laser treatment, please do not wear any make-up (eye
and face), cream, moisturizer, perfume or after-shave lotion. Do not
drink too many caffeinated drinks. Since the laser room is cold, wear warm comfortable
clothes. If you are going to have your laser treatment during the
day,
bring non-prescription sunglasses.
LASIK treatment at EyeSTAR LASIK Institute Istanbul is designed
to be a joyful experience rather than a stressful awake eye surgery.
Do you know what the most difficult task for a patient before EyeSTAR
LASIK surgery is? Choosing a CD to listen to during
the procedure. Most patients admit that many friends and relatives
who paid more than 
$4000
for their LASIK surgery couldn't receive a service comparable to EyeSTAR.
Yes, indeed, we really think that nobody cares as much as we do. We
are constantly trying to improve LASIK experience of our patients.
Now we came to a point to say that this is not LASIK, this is "EyeSTAR
LASIK". If while a patient comes from the laser room with red
eyes in the need of bandages, feels pain for hours like a torture,
and this is called LASIK, the other patient looks like having no surgery
done, and feels comfortable what would you call this? And if one in
every five LASIK patient needs touch-ups and one, in a hundred of
our patients needs it, can we still call our surgery LASIK?
Before the LASIK operation you will be thoroughly informed about the
procedure. Besides the course of the LASIK procedure, you will be
told how it will feel during each step. After the mental preparation
and paperwork are done, the medical preparation will start.
Before the LASIK treatment, your eyes will be numbed with drops and
the area around your eyes will be wiped with a disinfectant solution.
Then we will invite you to the laser room. Then your surgeon will guide you through 'the miracle', as our
patients describe.
