How Does Laser Eye Surgery Actually Work

Ever considered getting laser eye surgery, but didn’t know how it worked? Allow us to help!
There are three different main types of laser eye surgery: LASIK, SMILE, and Surface Laser Treatments, and each can be explained pretty easily.
LASIK uses two lasers to open up a thin flap on the surface of the cornea, and then reshapes the cornea underneath. The flap is then placed back over the reshaped cornea, and heals independently with time.
SMILE uses one laser to reshape the cornea through a small, self-healing hole.
And Surface Eye Treatments remove the clear skin over the eye, to then reshape the cornea underneath with - you guessed it - a laser!

[@TheLinposterIsSus]

Me seeing the flap not getting put back gage off “ay they still got the stick in there” energy

[@thesilentshadow1256]

gage

[@KOWADAFLOWA]

gage

[@rypokemon7336]

I had Lasik surgery last thursday. I was so scared, yet the results are amazing! Thanks for making this video!

[@halalbatman999]

Hows everything now?

[@7GUNSSS]

Any side effects??

[@rypokemon7336]

Update: The surgery I did was to cut open the upper layer of the eyeball, doing laser stuff and closing it back. 5 minutes after the surgery I went outside the clinic with some blurry vision due to the eye drops the doctor put pre surgery (took about 20 min?) I immediatly saw incredibly better! it was shocking. Had to use 3 kinds of eye drops for 2 months or so, but it was ok. 2.5 year after the surgery (Today): 1. I see good as always 2. No itching 3. No dried eyeballs Conclusion: Its a scary surgery, but highly safe. Also, its the best thing I ever done to myself and it is worth the price and I highly reccomand people doing it (In an expert licensed clinic ofcourse!)

[@SundarRaj-si9mr]

Thanks for the update

[@crispywetness6866]

@rypokemon7336 I'm 25, and my vision is -3.. for both eyes. I was thinking about trying this, because I'm just tired of glasses, and contacts dry out my eyes

[@radon._.]

This video just encouraged me to continue wearing glasses

[@Anti-Malechha]

💀

[@Golenroseflower2234]

Same

[@brunothelabrador4970]

Bro 0% pain I done my surgery today I suggest you also

[@anonymoushere7786]

​@@brunothelabrador4970Does the eye heal completely ? I wear -4.5D glasses 😢

[@Truthorfib]

@@brunothelabrador4970how can you still see?

[@chizrocker88]

I had PRK done in July after wearing glasses for 27 years and it's the best decision I've ever made. If anyone's considering getting it or LASIK I strongly recommend it!

[@osas201]

How is ur vision now? I’m thinking about it but kinda scared

[@itsok2bwhiteendanti-whiteh548]

What’s better, PRK or LASIK?

[@aliceinwonderland4583]

My friend had PRK and the doctors in Saudi preferred it over lasik because it’s safer. According to her, She is blind for 3 days and blurry vision for 3 months and still the best decision she made.. My eye Dr. for 21 years don’t recommend lasik and prefer SMILE. He mentioned that some lasik aren’t as successful and needed redone ..

[@lwdrd]

Did you completely stop wearing glasses or did your vision just get a bit better

[@tetryzs]

LASIK could turn into the worst decision you could have ever made, PRK is a lot safer and is definitely the better option. While LASIK may heal faster and hurt less, it may cause permanent eye damage, permanent dry eyes or just blindness. While PRK is also not perfect and may cause the complications I already listed, there's a much lower chance. LASIK may also need to be redone, not PRK.

[@TetraSky]

I've gone through LASIK twice. The first time, it didn't result in a perfect result and I needed a touch up. Problem is, you need to wait 6 months in between for your eyes to heal. So I had blurry vision for 6 months. Fun time. That said, I would do it again. Cost me CA$3500 for both eyes and a lifetime "warranty" as long as I pay them $90 every two years or so for an eye exam. Probably the scariest experience in my life and was quite traumatizing. I was shaking like a leaf both times afterward. It's scary to see that green laser just... in front of your eyes, then all goes black for a bit... and it smells like burnt hair (I'm told this was the air burning up and not the eye being burnt up to reshape it? I dunno)

[@fxburs4664]

But now you have perfect eye vision?

[@nivity]

Hairs literally standing up on my body from reading that. Cannot imagine having my eyes open infront of a laser and then everything going dark :O

[@yahyaadinugraha1058]

@@fxburs4664 i guess he gets xray vision now.

[@WiCapitalco]

@@nivity it's not that bad! It's about 10 seconds of it being blury nothing crazy. Then the lasers just look like a light show in your eyes it's almost like a colidaecope? Idk I couldn't see 5ft in front of me... now I have 2020 vision! Total surgery: 15 min. Most of which is them moving things lol

[@shauryapandey6018]

Does it hurt?

[@AR_9900]

Thanks for explaining all that in literally 30 seconds! Although I'm still a teen it's great to know how it works since I know a few people that have gotten laser eye surgery before! :D

[@cubertmiso]

i would prefer to see explanation that lasts at least 30 minutes but only the most important parts.

[@squire8323]

@@cubertmiso it wouldn't be 30 minutes then

[@Account1746]

had it done a month ago, got 20/10 vision now, worth every penny

[@rhqqn446fjnnbbc]

What was your vision before , and how is your vision now?

[@P4THAAN]

@@rhqqn446fjnnbbc he just told you 20/10 vision so better than the average vision

[@carlocilloni2550]

I did LASIK a year ago. Best choice of my life.

[@MrMasterDebate]

Laser eye surgery has a chance to leave someone with permanent dry eye, and they don’t count these people as bad outcomes. Having to put drops in their eyes multiple times per day

[@sheedyaja6465]

@@trollrat2828 some people exp it for years, also they get halo too but the chances is tiny

[@Name-yv2zq]

sounds worth it tbh

[@kelvincasing5265]

I've had it and have dry eyes, but it's fine. Yeah, use some drops. Still 100X more convenient than glasses or contacts.

[@mr.doctorcaptain1124]

@@Name-yv2zq depends. This is 2021, laser eye surgery has come a long way. But every person I know who got laser eye surgery 10 or more years ago has dry eyes now. Literally every single person... some of them didn't get it for years too. I'd get lasik now, in fact I'm planning on doing it soon. But I get why some people are cautious. It's not an exact science

[@kirbyrules55]

I don't get dry eyes and this is after 2 lasik's. I am 100% happy with the surgery :D

[@Davi_L]

I'm getting SMILE eye surgery done in a month and of course this shows up on my feed😂. Super excited!

[@captainx5379]

Do share your experience man 😀, take care

[@goyardbelts4695]

U good

[@Davi_L]

@@goyardbelts4695 yeah went perfectly. Didn't even get red eyes afterwards

[@SuperFilmregisseur]

@@Davi_L how is your sight now a year later, any complications?

[@fadilvlogs3066]

Can u share it with us after one year now ? Please

[@chriskuva]

I had SMILE done in May 2022 and it was the best investment in myself ever. I've worn glasses for over 20 years so this was like a 2nd birthday for me lol. I had dry eyes for 1 week then eventually reached a perfect 20/20. The quality of my daily life has been substantially better. I used to wear contacts for several years too. Imagine contacts but never having to fumble around with them again! Sometimes I still get moments when I think I'm wearing my glasses, I try to take them off to shower and forget I have perfect vision now lol!

[@AfiOye]

Did it hurt? How long did it heal?

[@chriskuva]

no pain. about 3 weeks to heal @@AfiOye

[@neribadanjo888]

Sent shivers down my spine

[@str0be_0]

Bodys aching all the time

[@Undefinedde]

Goodbye everybody I've got to go

[@mehdimouss7977]

Got to leave you all behind and face the truth

[@sooleb]

Mama, oooh, I don't wanna die

[@societydisliker2333]

Sometimes I wish I'd never been born at all

[@drpittbull]

Well, here is my story - I have both the dry eyes and halos. Halos at night have from the start been bad, but 10 years on - they are debilitating. I can barely drive. I have to use glasses again to make the image sharper, but halos can’t be fixed with glasses. Even daytime the vision is at 80-90% and i had 20/20 directly after surgery. I always had really large eye pupils, an apparently if you have that you are in the risk category to get severe halo side-effects. I wish someone told me that when I was going through the operation. And fun fact, I’m suppose to get my pilot’s license in the next 2 years, i’m pretty concerned i will never be able to do that now. Makes me think I should have stuck to glasses from the beginning as now fixing this seems impossible. Just in case people don’t know what halos are, imagine a tiny LED light, like the on light in your pc for example. Well, after the operation my eye sees it as massive beams of light blasting out of the light source. It is 3-5 times larger that it is. Now imagine all of the artificial light sources become several time larger than they are at night. Oncoming traffic lights are so big that I can’t even see my own lanes in front of me and they are covered by the light. On top of that as my eye is trying to adjust the focus all of these light sources also move and fluctuate as The eye it trying to focus. My whole vision is like a kaleidoscope. Even the text on my phone right now has is smudged and layered.

[@Mattipedersen]

being that it has now been a year since you posted this, have the halos gotten any better or are you still having problems?

[@Mattipedersen]

Yes, halos occur dur to the diffraction or bending of light as it enters the lens of your eye. If you've ever looked at the sun, while squinting your eyes to the point where they are almost closed. You begin to see flares of light that extend toward your eyes. Now imagine that at all times, while your eyes are fully open and you might think twice about getting laser eye surgery.

[@Europa1749]

I had ilasik and got a terrible inflammation. I got put on steroid drops many times a day and saw him every day for weeks. Then the extreme dryness set in which lasted for a few months. Years later, I am overall glad i had it done.

[@melinesahakyan6143]

@@Europa1749 how many years dry. eyes healed? now you have perfect vision? and do not use any drops?

[@beepboop4103]

The idea of this scares me for some reason. Can they just knock me unconscious?

[@PrivateBryan]

Idk they probably need you to be awake so your eyes are directly looking at the laser

[@sooleb]

I'm pretty sure they numb your eyes so they don't close during the procedure

[@BirdyIsWatchIn]

I had a laser eye surgery, but it was for the muscles in the back of my eye. Had it 4 times on both eyes. Its a lot scary I am told than lasik.

[@dearsal6761]

love it!!! others could make a 30 minutes BLA BLA video. THANKS!

[@neribadanjo888]

Shiver me timbers!

[@yourdad8696]

I just remembered final destination 😌😌

[@unnati2211]

🤓

[@Truthorfib]

Yeah that stuff got me scared doing this.

[@r0cky_2010]

@@Truthorfib Don’t worry, that stuff won’t happen in real life.

[@Jedigrandmaster6637]

Wow! That made my eyes water!

[@josiahlee2098]

I really don’t like the fact that for this surgery I’m actually able to see it happen with my very eyes

[@Truthorfib]

One of the worst ones is a root canal too. Your laying down for like an hour drowning in your own spit till they finally fix that dam tooth

[@Esmerelee]

Idc how bad my eyesight is, ever since I saw that Lasik eye surgery scene in Final Destination…I’m sticking to glasses lol

[@xAliRaza]

The technology has multiple fail safes to prevent that from happening so it’s impossible for that to happen. I had LASIK last week, a great decision imo.

[@pricetag2987]

@@xAliRazahow much did it cost? How’s your eye healing? Is your vision still blurry? How often do you need to get it done or is it permanent? Is there an age limit like the elderly or something ?

[@MATTHEWROSE-vd9uy]

Guess you shouldn't cross the road, ride elevators, or swim at the beach either.

[@AztraNine]

Thing is. You're awake for it, having to try to keep eyes open 😂

[@kimber3865]

PRK, worth it. May have dry eyes once in a while but it's worth not needing glasses or contacts

[@Leostar-Regalius]

I'd like to, but i can't even get eyedrops in without a struggle, my eyes just refuse to let it happen

[@chuckh4077]

I've seen how it works in a final destination movie. No thanks lol

[@arronstorm_0250]

I am gonna get an eye surgery once I am 18! Thx for the information!

[@news26boom]

Nein. Your eyes grow until age 25 if I'm not mistaken. You can't get it earlier than that methinks.

[@xFarce]

@@news26boom you can easily get LASIK before you’re 25.

[@among-us-99999]

But you shouldn’t, because at that age your eyes are still changing. Laser surgery isn’t a magical fix for bad eyes. It’s literally burning a permanent pair of glasses into your eyes that you can’t remove, ever would be pretty bad if your values changed in 3 years and those glasses don’t fit anymore

[@Jndh0423]

I fully expected SMILE to turn your eyes into a mouth lol.

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

No, it's an acronym for Small Incision Lenticule Extraction.

[@Jndh0423]

@@thegoodlydragon7452 where'd the M go, vacation?

[@Fiend_Star]

There's another type of eye treatment that is in study right now, its name is LIRIC

[@WiCapitalco]

I had it done and it was the best thing I ever did. Well worth the 4500! Also! No scares in my eyes.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Ahhhh this is too scary even to watch on KZbin... :(

[@jorian4746]

*Final destination exists* Me: Nop, bye

[@krishpatel7749]

I am considering getting an eye surgery but final destination is giving me nightmares

[@fpsreactions8481]

Very interesting video. Always wondered how it worked.

[@jesssam7384]

Not me watching this few hours before my surgery

[@lana2332]

How did it go Are u feeling well

[@jesssam7384]

@@lana2332 yeah it went pretty well, my eyes are in healing process

[@tduuub443]

@@jesssam7384 just got it today it is awesome

[@GreenTornadoX]

How are you now? Dry eyes at all or no?

[@Blaxx1212]

​@@GreenTornadoXwhich every surgery you do u will get dry eyes problem but I recommend doing silk which is latest technology and also dry eye problem vanish in silk after 1/2-1 month

[@pleasedontsub2732]

Laser eyes? Like heat vision? That sounds cool!

[@gopet400]

Glasses seem ok now

[@goyardbelts4695]

Fr 😂

[@oldacount12]

Ive got my eyes lasered (lasic) about 8 years ago. My sigth is still good. But you are awake and aware when the lasery starts. The operation it self takes about 30 seconds each eye. My cost was about 3200euro

[@KBotz1]

The most information I want from all of those surgery is which one hurts the least

[@mrreact254]

you never fail to entertain us!!...

[@K_D_A]

Yeah never doing it

[@jacobwhitehurst4983]

You wanna know how it works? Look up deadspace eyeball cutscene.

[@goyardbelts4695]

🤣🤣

[@Sharmuta6311]

Slicing up your corneas and beaming your orbs with lasers...no thanks😂😂

[@Iucks]

That was a real eye opening video

[@jimmytimmy3680]

It is not always perfect, there was this news anchor who had it and she ended it having blurry vision, she ended herself after that.

[@xFarce]

An incredibly rare case.

[@rorutheprincefrog2157]

This hurts me mentally and physically

[@Yaboy.niw_]

I wish can have lazer surgeon my eyes is almost blind now.

[@mikmaqjij81]

So which one is supposed to be more safer and have better results?

[@steve64464]

Thought about it but then i see what happens when it goes wrong and decided the risk is too great.

[@goldyboy4252]

This question is for those who experience eye surgery: are you fully aware(awake) while their doing there thing

[@MichaelWH]

You are during cataract surgery

[@The_New_Mexican_Dog]

My dad got last eye surgery he doesn’t need glasses now

[@killeing]

Well usually a trained Jedi is involved and you have a 50/50 chance of getting impaled if they try to use the force...

[@prisonmike9673]

After watching this video, I still don't know the difference between the three.

[@yiting9394]

Hi! I wanna ask how's your eyes now?

[@royalblood07]

Hello brother I really like your content

[@playwithme2232]

But can u say which is the best?

[@deleted_handle]

And.... which one is good for what?

[@Spider-boy89]

Which one is the best?

[@otiebrown9999]

Of course, myopia is preventable when at 20/50.

[@aleenashahid3776]

So which one is best??

[@ANONYMOUS_5288]

Is it painful? During surgery?

[@thegamre909]

Can't stop thinking about final destination

[@iblazefielding4983]

how safe is it ? because im far sided and scared to get lazser eye surgery

[@chriscookesuffolk]

I'll pass. Better off with glasses than blind.

[@Strikery]

Well, I’m not doing that anymore

[@Egilhelmson]

Just be glad they don’t use a very sharp scalpel, like they did originally.

[@sindobrandnew]

What happens if patient moves her/his/other eye during surgery?

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

Oh yeah. And all of them are apparently terrifying nightmare fuel.

[@CristianGomez-x1g]

Have you seen Final Destination

[@alianahmed5509]

Sooo which one is better

[@superp2937]

Your voice is so amazing, you should start a new channel that talks about SCPs

[@sajidahmedbd6265]

And what is about axial myopia?

[@rani-pi9kv]

I have -4,25 eye sight. But final destination traumatized me, so I'mma just stick to my glasses thx.

[@TrevVision]

OOoH wOOw corporate memphis art style with extra diversitys? How ORIGINAL

[@xunsuu]

do these hurt?

[@Filthycasual123]

Ive been debating on doing it these glasses and contacts are expensive

[@BaldingVampire]

@@Filthycasual123 I thought it before I’m glad I didn’t get it though. On Reddit I seen all the people complaining about getting glasses again after cataracts surgery.

[@CT-5634]

I would love to get eye surgery I can’t see 2 feet in front of me without glasses

[@vermillioncap8784]

This is a decent video but if you want your eyes lasered you should watch more than this.

[@PaulAllPro]

Does it hurt

[@047cjoshuaanthony6]

Sounds incredibly painful

[@brighteyes4927]

It’s not at all painful

[@sneaky8718]

Don't rub your eyes now kids, you won't know when something falls off

[@mrboss399]

WHY CAN I FEEL IT??

[@osas201]

Is it safe? I’ve been thinking bout it but kinda scared

[@hitokiridm]

You'll get dry eyes. How about ICL? It's way better than Lasik. At least in my opinion.

[@harshprajapati527]

Does it hurts???

[@Mattipedersen]

Unfortunately, this video doesn't explain the major risks involved in getting laser eye surgery. If you're thinking about it, be sure to educate yourself, as there have been countless stories of others who believed that suicide was preferable to life, afterward.

[@MazterP28]

I got it and I only have one working eye. The drs told me I could go blind, I told Them I’m already their half way. They didn’t think it was funny

[@Mars-pp9cx]

You only have 1 working eye after the surgery?

[@MazterP28]

@@Mars-pp9cx yes

[@Mars-pp9cx]

@@MazterP28 Thank you for sharing your story, and I hope that the damage is reversible. 🙏

[@MazterP28]

@@Mars-pp9cx I can see fine in one eye, the other one was a birth defect. So it eill not be fixed

[@kayy_]

got one last week :p

[@AgentY67]

To anyone that had one of those sugeries, did it hurt?

[@ToriksLV]

Mom pick me up, i am scared.

[@natebailey1122]

After final destination 5, I still would never get eye surgery

[@denny-michael]

how do they numb your eyes?

[@MichaelWH]

Drops

[@BlackWarrior833]

so it doesn't hurts?

[@loganmalough2379]

Ok I hate eye stuff. I’m keeping my glasses!

[@Estabvn]

The same night that I had prk done my contact bandages both fell off and I was in so much pain they had to sedate me before attempting to put another bandage on

[@dailydoseofshortmemes2923]

Oh nah im not using a phone anymore Frick that

[@piscitellinicholas5240]

Still don't

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Think I'll stick with the specs.

[@fortnitedailyshorts4374]

Who did you get specs by computer creen

[@generic9117]

yeah ima just wear my glasses

[@piscitellinicholas5240]

Stay away from my mouth with that thing