Since first approved, 12 million people have had laser eye surgery. Of those 12 million, there has been a ninety-five percent approval or satisfaction rate. So you might ask who are these people who have had the surgery and what were their problems? The list of reasons is long. Some reasons might surprise you. However, for whatever the reason, Laser eye surgery has been successful in the majority of the cases resulting in clear vision.

Reasons Why People Have Laser Eye Surgery Performed

1). To Stop Wearing Glasses or Contact Lenses – Over 5 million patients had laser eye surgery for the sole purpose of being able to stop wearing glasses or contact lenses. By nature, people are and can be quite vain. Most Americans do not like wearing glasses and feel they take away from their looks. So, the reason for the surgery wasn’t necessarily to correct their vision problem as much as it was to get rid of the glasses or contact lenses.

2). To Correct Vision Problems – To completely correct vision problems, over 6 million people have had laser surgery performed since it’s approval. Most patients who have had laser surgery performed have reported a significant increase in the clarity of their vision.

Remember with any surgical procedure there are risk involved. Individuals with known health conditions will not be good candidates for laser surgery.