LASIK Prep by Nathan Johnson You know how LASIK works. Here's how you can plan for the best results print article      send to a friend

Maria Sanocki learned the hard way that planning for LASIK is needed, after her first doctor left her with an untreated area known as a central island. She spent three weeks seeing double before a second doctor gently zapped the little island with an excimer laser, giving her optimal vision. Fortunately, there are preventive steps you can take to ensure that you see straight the first time around. As Sanocki can attest to, doing your homework has never been so important.

With hordes of LASIK-happy patients clamoring for the services of ophthalmologists, and clinics seemingly sprouting up on every corner to serve them, it's easy to see how people like Maria Sanocki end up in the spotlight. But this does not mean that everyone is having problems. In most cases achieving an optimal result with LASIK is attainable.

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