At Chelsea Eye Ophthalmology, Dr. Christopher Coad can provide many care options to improve your vision and enhance your optical health. For example, he is a licensed LASIK doctor serving Manhattan, NY, and can help with this in-depth surgery. If you don’t know much about LASIK but want to know more, here’s what you’ll learn in our first consultation appointment.
Medical History Review
We’ll start by discussing your medical history, including medications you’re taking, any conditions you’ve experienced, treatments you’ve undergone, and much more. While this might seem irrelevant to LASIK surgery, it’s important. For example, we need to ensure you’re not allergic to any anesthetic we might use during your treatment.
Eye Exam
Before moving further, we’ll do a comprehensive eye and vision exam that gauges your current vision health. Dr. Coad will give you a vision test and examine all other elements of your optical health. The goal here is to better understand your limitations before doing the corneal map that will direct your LASIK treatment after your initial appointments.
Corneal Mapping
Once you’ve made your appointment with us at Chelsea Eye Ophthalmology, Dr. Coad will do a corneal mapping to gauge what steps he needs to take. As a skilled LASIK doctor, he can quickly gauge what kind of procedure would work best for you and the adjustments he’ll need to make to improve your vision as effectively as possible.
Discuss the Procedure
Once we’ve done the important basic testing for your procedure, we’ll talk with you about the procedure to help you better understand how it works. You’ll learn about your preparation steps, recovery time, and other important details to ensure you can go through this process smoothly. We’ll also highlight the process itself and how long you’ll be in the office.
Questions and Answers
At this point, we’ll talk with you about any questions you might have and answer them for you as closely as possible. If it’s the day of your surgery, we’ll go over the procedure one last time to ensure that you’re ready. During your consultation, though, our team will talk about things like insurance coverage, potential risks, expectations, and anything else that may interest you.
Come To Us For Help
At Chelsea Eye Ophthalmology, we can help you prepare for your LASIK surgery by pairing you with Dr. Coad, a LASIK doctor who has served Manhattan, NY, for many years. With his help and the support of our intelligent and capable crew, you should feel comfortable with your surgery. Call us at (212) 220-0066 to learn more about the ways that we can help.