laser eye surgery procedures

I would like eye laser surgery to correct near sightness. Have they perfected the procedure to correct it?

No they haven’t. They never will. No surgery has been perfected. Even simple, routine surgery like dental extractions, circumcisions, and ealasikrcing (yes, technically surgery in a way) can go wrong.

LASIK and PRK are no exceptions. I’ve heard success rates of 99% and satisfaction rates of about 95% (remember that people who are clinically “sucessful” at meeting the outcome expectations can still have a less than perfect refractive outcome, or other visual anomalies, or physical discomfort… hence the doctors can call a case a success but the patient be unsatisfied with the results).

In other words, 1 in 20 patients aren’t happy and 1 in 100 patients don’t meet the doctors minimum expectations (which are less than perfect vision and comfort).

Those numbers are quite good, but remember a revision may or may not fix things (it could even make them worse) and this is your vision we’re talking about… weigh the risks and benefits and make your choice wisely. It’s like a tattoo… think long and hard to decide if it’s right for you. Most people love the results. The few who don’t are really miserable. Far more miserable than having a tattoo they don’t like!