Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston: Your Lasik Consultation

LASIK

Your Consultation

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Your Consultation

Preparing For Your Consultation

Please bring your current glasses, previous glasses or your contact lenses to the examination.

Please complete and bring the patient registration form and medical history form that was mailed to you.

Please do not wear soft contact lenses three weeks before the consultation or hard contact lenses for one month before your consultation. This will allow the surface of your cornea to resume its normal shape.

Your eyes will be dilated during the examination; therefore you should bring sunglasses to assist you in driving home after the examination.

Your Consultation

Your LASIK consultation will include a comprehensive eye examination and special testing to design a treatment plan for your individual needs. The testing will include:

A refraction (a measurement of the optics of your eye)
A microscopic examination of your eye using corneal topography. This computerized image maps the curvature of the cornea (the top layers of your eye.) A corneal map is similar to a geological relief map (see example below). Each color represents a different steepness of curvature. Corneal Topography results are used to evaluate which procedure is best for you.

The exam mapping shown above, from an actual LASIK candidate, indicates a good profile for laser correction of nearsightedness combined with astigmatism.
A dilated refraction to verify your prescription
A comprehensive discussion of your individual eye health and recommendations for your refractive laser surgery.

Scheduling Your Laser Surgery

You will be able to schedule your laser surgery and post operative exams with the refractive surgery coordinator. You will then be given a laser surgery packet with all of the information needed for your surgery.

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