FAQ - Frequently asked questions
FAQ - Frequently asked questions
Ask the AOZ doctors
The question if vision-correction-surgery is the right thing for you depends on your needs and your lifestyle.
To find out if you are a candidate for vision-correction-surgery we offer free consultations with one of the surgeons.
FAQs
General questions
Statistics say you have a 98% chance to be a canditate.
Take the AOZ-eye-test to find out in general if you could be a candidate. There are various alternatives to correct your vision. All of them are offered at the AOZ:
- SMILE pro
- Femto-LASIK
- PRK (Photo-Refractive-Keratectomie)
- ICL (Intraocular-Contact-Lens)
- Trifokal- and Multifokallenses
- PRESBYOND Laser Blended Vision
Which method is definitely the right one for you depends on the results of your eye-work-up exam.
Find yout if you are a candidate by booking a free consultation.
A treatment of presbyopia is possible.
From a certain age on everybody needs reading glasses, even if she/he has perfekt vision for the distance or had eye-laser-surgery previously. People of age 40 and older are presbyopic and need reading glasses.
A laser-vision-correction ist however possible and among few others we offer the Carl ZEISS patented Laser Blended Vision method PRESBYOND.
An alternative is the implantation of multifocal lenses or lenses with an extended depth of focus (EDOF).
Find out which method suits you best.
Our goal is to make all treatments easy and comfortable for you. We will guide you and make your stay as pleasant as possible.
Once you are at our eye laser center we will arrange and plan everything for you. Next to a high-end treatment from experts that use state-of-the-art equipement our focus is to kept all treatments painless and take all anxiety away from you.
Service is key at the AOZ Heidelberg
After a treatment like LASIK oer SMILE you usually do not need glasses anymore.
The goal of all treatments is to achieve best visiual acuity without glasses or contacts.
Should there be a remaining or a reappearing refractive error we offer an enhancement which is free of extra costs up to one year after surgery.
Yes, definitely.
Contacts shape the cornea. Therefore you should not wear soft contacts 1 week and hard contacts 2 weeks prior to your eye exam.
Follow-ups are for your safety.
Usually we follw-up on day-one after surgery, after one week and after one month or as often as necessary.
In general, yes.
We always plan treatments in a way that would make retreatments possible, if necessary.
Questions about eye-laser-surgery
Depending on the kind of treatments you can expect only a few minutes per eye.
The process of the laser treatmets alone takes for SMILE around 10 seconds. LASIK and PRESBYOND laser times are only a little longer. Everything included you can expect a treatment time in the OR of about 10 minutes per eye.
Yes you will be awake.
Laser-eye-treatments do not require a general anaesthesia.
No you don't. LASIK, PRESBYOND and SMILE is absolutely free of pain.
Numbing eye-drops make the treatment painless.
Some patients experience a slight irritation after surgery and some sort of glare. You will receive fancy sunglasses and medication to make you as comfortable as possible.
Yes.
With eye-laser-treatments both eyes are done in one session.
No you can not go blind from eye-laser-surgery.
This is actually a frequently asked question and it is a definite – no.
There are only very few risks and side-effects are rare.
As with all surgical treatments there can be risks and side effects. To reduce this to an absolute minimumwe believe in a very comprehensive work-up exam, however long this takes. Possible side effects are: dry-eye, glare, initial over- or undercorrection.
Even if you experience side-effects these can be taken care of.
During the work-up exam we explain risks and side-effects in detail.
The day after surgery you can drive.
Please do not drive when you have your surgery appointment. Have a friend or family member bring you and take you home after surgery or use public transportation.
7 days would be a good time to do without make-up.