{"id":226,"date":"2022-05-15T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2025-05-07T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:27:35","slug":"3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LASIK<\/a> is a popular, safe procedure that can eliminate the need for glasses for many patients. Because it is so well known, there are various myths about LASIK that aren\u2019t actually true. Whether the information comes from the internet or from friends who heard it from friends, it can be hard to tell whether what you\u2019re hearing is valid. What\u2019s fact and what\u2019s fiction? We listed some of the top myths and truths for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MYTH: <\/strong>LASIK is dangerous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUTH: <\/strong>LASIK surgery has had a long, well-established safety record for more than 20 years. It\u2019s popularity and success rate is demonstrated in the fact that the majority of patients who had LASIK said they would choose the procedure again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, with every surgery, there is always a risk of side effects. The typical side effects of LASIK are usually minor, such as temporarily having blurry vision or feeling like something is in your eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MYTH: <\/strong>LASIK results are temporary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUTH:<\/strong> LASIK results are permanent. LASIK uses a laser to permanently reshape the cornea. The cornea will not go back to the shape they had before LASIK. However, as your eyes age, like anyone else, one day you will need to wear reading glasses. This is not related to the shape of your cornea or your LASIK results, but to the fact that the interior lens thickens and loses flexibility with age, making it difficult for patients to focus on near objects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MYTH: <\/strong>LASIK recovery is difficult<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUTH:<\/strong> After LASIK, most people can return to light activities within 24 hours. You will need to avoid sports or heavy exercise for a week or so to ensure no excessive sweat gets in your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As your eyes heal, you\u2019ll need to apply special eyedrops for five days, and keep water, creams and makeup out of your eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MYTH: <\/strong>Anyone can get LASIK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUTH: <\/strong>LASIK works for most people who are over the age of 18. However, if you have a thin cornea, or uneven cornea, for example, LASIK is not right for you. Other procedures that may be best are PRK, ICL lens implants, or RLE (refractive lens exchange) lens implants. Some patients may also benefit from collagen crosslinking of the cornea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MYTH: <\/strong>You still need glasses after LASIK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUTH:<\/strong> The great majority of patients don\u2019t need glasses anymore after LASIK. A small percentage of patients may benefit from additional laser touch up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your LASIK surgery at Pacific Vision Institute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have questions about LASIK surgery<\/a> and what we can achieve for you, please contact us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LASIK is a popular, safe procedure that can eliminate the need for glasses for many patients. Because it is so well known, there are various myths about LASIK that aren\u2019t actually true. Whether the information comes from the internet or from friends who heard it from friends, it can be hard to tell whether what … Continue reading 3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lasik"],"yoast_head":"\n3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog. Explore our library of educational articles designed to help you make informed decisions about your eye health.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog. Explore our library of educational articles designed to help you make informed decisions about your eye health.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pacific Vision Institute Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-15T16:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T17:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"studio3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"studio3\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/\",\"name\":\"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-15T16:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-07T17:27:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c5fbfe1a3dbe15ef484fb82908cdb22\"},\"description\":\"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog. Explore our library of educational articles designed to help you make informed decisions about your eye health.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"futuristic eye\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Pacific Vision Institute Blog\",\"description\":\"Pacific Vision Institute\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c5fbfe1a3dbe15ef484fb82908cdb22\",\"name\":\"studio3\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c5ffeafe60563b0bf588751b0c77210cd130d78326974eaf8107bd04097d202?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c5ffeafe60563b0bf588751b0c77210cd130d78326974eaf8107bd04097d202?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"studio3\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/author\/studio3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog","description":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog. Explore our library of educational articles designed to help you make informed decisions about your eye health.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog","og_description":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog. Explore our library of educational articles designed to help you make informed decisions about your eye health.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/","og_site_name":"Pacific Vision Institute Blog","article_published_time":"2022-05-15T16:58:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-07T17:27:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"studio3","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"studio3","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/","name":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-15T16:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-07T17:27:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c5fbfe1a3dbe15ef484fb82908cdb22"},"description":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery - Pacific Vision Institute Blog. Explore our library of educational articles designed to help you make informed decisions about your eye health.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-614723108-1-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"futuristic eye"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/3-myths-3-truths-about-lasik-eye-surgery\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3 Myths & 3 Truths about LASIK Eye Surgery"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/","name":"Pacific Vision Institute Blog","description":"Pacific Vision Institute","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c5fbfe1a3dbe15ef484fb82908cdb22","name":"studio3","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c5ffeafe60563b0bf588751b0c77210cd130d78326974eaf8107bd04097d202?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c5ffeafe60563b0bf588751b0c77210cd130d78326974eaf8107bd04097d202?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"studio3"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/author\/studio3\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacificvision.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}