Weather Affects LASIK Success
April 21, 2004
If you're thinking about getting LASIK surgery, avoid the month of
September. According to new research reported in the Journal of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery, September is the worst month to have laser surgery,
with 50 percent of patients requiring follow-up care, likely due to
the excessive moisture in the air, which researchers say may affect
the amount of laser energy absorbed by the cornea.
The study, conducted at North Carolina's Wake Forest University, is
the first to discover that environmental factors, such as outdoor temperatures
and the humidity in the air in the two weeks prior to surgery, affect
the success rate of laser surgery. Researches hope the results of the
study will encourage surgeons to compensate for temperature and humidity
when performing surgeries in the summer months.
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