Yes, LASIK is safe in long term and it depends on the total success of the surgery. The overall success of the surgery is influenced by multiple factors. When all these factors are satisfied, it is quite easy to commit for promising and long lasting results by the LASIK medical centres.
Safety and Success Rate
Safety is an important factor for any surgery and so for LASIK surgery also. LASIK has been approved and proved in the medical industry with the success rate of more than 95% and it is a clear indication that complications are almost nil. The rest of the 5% of LASIK patients may undergo certain risks and complications and the degree of complications vary according to various factors. The surgery is approved by the FDA, since it has acceptable success rate and minimal rate of complications, all because of the usage of the laser eye beams, instead of microkeratome or blade.
Alternatives For Better and Long Term Safety
The success rate of the LASIK surgery is more than 95% and so the below 5% of LASIK patients still have an opportunity to improve the success rate. In case the outcome of the surgery is not up to the expected levels, there is still an opportunity to obtain expected outcomes, through a procedure, followed by the LASIK surgery, called enhancement procedure.
LASIK Life
The life of LASIK is very long, in fact, lifelong. LASIK surgery gives long lasting results. However, the problems associated with the vision cannot be terminated completely with the LASIK surgery. It is because the sources of vision problems are multiple and refractive error is one of them and LASIK can resolve only this problem. Other sources, such as natural eye lens, cataract, Presbopia may also cause the problems with the vision. So, the root causes that can be resolved with the LASIK cannot be possibly recurred, however, other vision problems cannot be controlled or influenced by the LASIK surgery.
On an overall, LASIK is approved to be effective and safe and the patients can enjoy the benefit of improved vision.