Facts and myths about laser eye surgery

Laser eye surgery is expensive

Laser eye surgery is a one-time procedure that will save you money in the long run. A few years after the treatment, you will have earned back your lenses or glasses. See here how much our laser eye surgery costs.

Laser eye surgery is painful

Laser eye surgery is not painful, because you are anesthetized with eye drops during the treatment. Many people find the idea of having their eyes operated on scary. Understandable. However, thanks to the ultramodern techniques, your eyes hardly need to be touched. In addition, the laser eye treatment takes very little time: only 30-60 seconds per eye. So you do not experience any pain during laser eye surgery, at most some after-pain after the treatment. Read more about the recovery period of laser treatment here.

Facts about laser eye surgery

Laser eye surgery is fast

The actual eye laser treatment is done within 10-15 minutes (for 2 eyes). The lasering itself is done within a minute per eye. We always treat 2 eyes at the same time. This way you are done in one go!

The recovery time is short

Every eye is individual and has its own speed in recovery. Our experience is that everyone can resume their daily activities very quickly. This is different for every treatment, as you can see in the table below.