Test Your LASIK Knowledge

  • Test Your LASIK Knowledge

    LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) surgery offers life-changing vision correction, eliminating the need for glasses and contacts. Washington University is a leader in LASIK surgery in St. Louis. Test your LASIK surgery knowledge below.
  • 1.    LASIK uses a laser to treat vision problems caused by refractive errors.

  • Answer: True

  • 2.    When light is not focused on the retina as it should be, your vision is great.

  • Answer: False

  • 3.    Your vision stops changing by the time you turn 16 years old.

  • Answer: False

  • 4.    You can schedule a no-cost consultation to determine if you are a candidate for LASIK surgery.

  • Answer: True

  • 5.    Your eye will be numbed during surgery.

  • Answer: True

  • 6.    Approximately 90% of people who have LASIK end up with vision between 20/20 and 20/40 without glasses or contact lenses.

  • Answer: True

  • 7.    You should plan to relax or take a nap after surgery.

  • Answer: True

  • 8.    Pregnancy, uncontrolled diabetes and advanced glaucoma are reasons a person would not be able to receive LASIK surgery.

  • Answer: True

  • 9.    Dr. Stephen Wexler has performed over 70,000 LASIK surgeries since 1996.

  • Answer: True

  • 10.    The ideal time to receive LASIK is before the age of 21, when vision is more likely to have stopped changing.

  • Answer: False

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