fbpx

Nursing and LASIK

Q:

I think a lot of this can be simply answered by asking ourselves the following question:

If your wife/sister/daughter were pregnant and wanted refractive surgery, would any of us do it? Or wait till post delivery and post nursing?

No need for further studies, IMHO.

Kamran

A by Emil W. Chynn MD:

Kamran

While your question is certainly valid if the question is would you recommend getting refractive surgery during pregnancy or waiting until afterwards (I don’t think any of us would say we wouldn’t make the patient wait until afterwards)

Another question is much more valid if the question is about the true medical safety of refractive surgery on the fetus (not “theoretical/liability” concerns), and if pregnancy actually commonly causes refractive changes:

If we performed refractive surgery on a female loved one, and a week out she found out she was pregnant, would any of us be really concerned, or would we just plug, Punctal occlude, minimize drops, and tell her “don’t worry, I’m not worried, because there’s a 99.9% chance that your laser regime won’t affect your pregnancy, and a 99.9% chance that your pregnancy won’t have ANY SHORT OR LONG TERM EFFECT ON YOUR REFRACTIVE RESULT”

That’s what I (and I think most eye MDs) would say

Emil William Chynn, MD, FACS, MBA

Harvard/Columbia/Dartmouth/NYU/Emory-trained

1st eye surgeon in NY to get LASIK himself (1999)

Performed 5,000 LASIKs from 1996-2002

Switched to non-invasive LASEK in 2003

Have performed more LASEKs than any MD in US

Please fill out the form

  • Please don't worry - Your information will NOT be automatically added to our database.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Already Leaving?

If you are unsure about what procedure to choose or need more information please feel free to ask Dr.Chynn one question.

We are the only center in the country allowing you to ask our doctor a question, and he will answer personally.

Why Haven’t You Gotten Laser Vision Correction Yet?

Dr. Chynn graduated from Dartmouth + Columbia + Harvard + Emory + NYU and has been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Discovery Channel & in the NY Times & Wall St. Journal

He’s performed 1,000 PRKs, 5,000 LASIKs, 10,000 epiLASEKs, 15,000 LASEKs – more than any surgeon in the US

He got LASIK in his right eye & LASEK in his left eye, so is UNIQUELY qualified to tell you the +/-‘s of BOTH procedures – from BOTH a Surgeon’s & Patient’s point-of-view!

Ask Dr.Chynn Your Questions Or Concerns!

  • Please don’t worry – Your information will NOT be automatically added to our database.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.