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Laser eye surgery is generally not considered painful. During the procedure, you are given numbing eye drops to ensure comfort, and most report feeling only mild pressure rather than pain. The entire surgery typically takes just a few minutes per eye, and discomfort is minimal. Post-surgery, some people may experience mild irritation or a gritty sensation in their eyes for a few hours to a couple of days, but this is manageable with eye drops that we give you to take away.

Most people experience a dramatic change within 24 hours post-surgery. This rapid recovery allows you to return to your normal daily activities with minimal downtime. The results are long-lasting, normally providing clear vision for many years, and in many cases, for a lifetime.

People considering laser eye surgery should be at least 18 years old with stable vision and good overall eye health.

Your prescription should be stable, ideally unchanged within the last two years, to ensure that the surgery will be effective. Laser eye surgery is most straightforward in people with a prescription range between -10D and +7.25D.

The procedure is effective for correcting myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia (reading vision problems), your comprehensive initial consultation with OCL Vision will determine your suitability for eye laser surgery.

Pregnant or nursing women should postpone the consultation for 3 months as hormonal changes during pregnancy can lead to fluctuations in vision, making it difficult to determine the correct prescription for laser eye surgery. These changes can also affect the cornea's shape and thickness, potentially altering the surgery's effectiveness and the stability of the results.