So you’re thinking about ditching your contacts or glasses… what happens next?

The team at Valley Eye is just as excited as you to leave your contacts behind and so that you‘re able to do the things you want to do without your daily contact grind or glasses getting in the way of everything.

The day of your Free VIP iLASIK Consultation, you will be greeted by our front desk staff, who will confirm your appointment and get you checked in. After this, our surgery coordinator will call you back into one of our testing rooms.

First and foremost, we will chat about your vision. The more information you can give us about your ocular history and your vision, the better. Once we establish what your vision struggles are, we will begin to take some quick measurements. First, we will take a brief reading of your prescription. We will need to make sure that your eyes fall into the parameters that we are able to treat with iLASIK or if there are any other treatments we would recommend based on your eyes. Remember that no two eyes are the same, so just because you may not be a good candidate for iLASIK, it does not mean that you are stuck with glasses and contacts forever. This is one of the reasons why coming in for your free consultation is so important.

Once we determine your prescription, we will head over to another machine called the Pentacam. This is a super cool machine that reads your cornea. The cornea is the front part of the eye, sort of the “window” to your eye. The machine will let us know what your corneal thickness is. This is a very technologically advanced piece of equipment. Dr. Vrabec is going to want to make sure that your eye is healthy enough for iLASIK. During iLASIK, we remove tissue from the cornea and we want to make sure that the cornea has enough tissue to be removed in the first place. If we were to proceed with iLASIK when you don’t have enough tissue or healthy tissue on your cornea, we could risk the long-term health and vision of your eye. This measurement is one of Dr. Vrabec’s favorites when it comes to our vision correction patients.

Once we determine which surgical procedure is the right one for you, we will head back to our conference room to discuss the procedures in-depth. We will show you a short video and we also have eye models to help us explain just how iLASIK treatment is done. If you’re squeamish, don’t worry—all videos are animated! You and your surgery coordinator will discuss your options and talk a little more about what you are looking to get out of your vision following iLASIK. Whether you are a hunter and you want to be able to head on into the woods without contacts bothering you, or you are a parent and your little ones keep breaking your glasses, we want to know what you are looking forward to doing without your corrective lenses.

We will continue to inform you of what to expect the day of your procedure, as well as the next few days following. We will also explain your basic restrictions for after your surgery. Within reason, you are able to proceed with everything you normally do after your iLASIK procedure. After you have been informed about price, restrictions, and what to expect before, after, and during your surgery, we will set up your next step in the vision correction journey, which is a full eye exam.

Even if you recently had a full eye exam, it is still required prior to your iLASIK procedure to make sure that you have the best ocular health. We take our time in measuring before to ensure that you are going to have the best outcome after.

Once this is set, we can pick a date for your surgery—the date you will officially be rid of corrective lenses and be able to wake up and continue your day without dealing with your contacts, solution, glasses, etc. This is the date you’ve been waiting for. With this appointment made and all of your questions answered by your surgery coordinator, you are on your way to better vision, naturally.

If this blog post left you wanting more information about iLASIK or if you would like to set up your Free VIP iLASIK Consultation and begin your own journey to ditch glasses and contacts, feel free to give us a call at (800) 344-4443 or fill out our appointment form. You are only one phone call away from beginning the process of leaving your glasses behind!

Bailey Woolgar, Surgery Counselor