I've been asked alot, "What's it like having laser eye surgery? What do you see? Is it painful?" Well no. it's not painful, but it is uncomfortable. And above is more or less what you see when you are first under the machine. There are a ring of bright white LEDs, in the centre of which is a white ring of light, which surround a single red flashing LED.
During the operation you are asked to keep focused on this red dot. Some pressure is applied down around the eye and the process begins by the lifting of a small flap of the cornea in readiness for the laser itself.
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