Although the vast majority of patients quickly experience marked vision improvement, some patients’ best vision may not be realized for several weeks or even months after surgery. All refractive surgery, including LASIK, is performed in order to help patients reduce their dependence on glasses and/or contact lenses. No LASIK surgeon can guarantee 20/20 vision. It is not possible for any doctor to accurately predict how your eyes will respond to the treatment. Therefore, patients should only undergo laser vision correction with the expectation of improved eyesight and not perfect eyesight.

Having made this disclaimer, statistics tell us that 94% of LASIK patients do achieve visual acuity of 20/40 or better without glasses. This is good enough to pass a drivers license exam. Even better news is that 58% of the time patients’ vision is 20/20 following LASIK surgery.