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On this week's episode of Macro Beauty, we follow a young woman on her journey to getting Lasik eye surgery. She opts for this corrective vision procedure and we captured it up close. Watch this video to see what the process is really like!

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Transcript
00:22LASIK
00:24It really is a ten minute procedure that's done with outcomes that are immediate and miraculous.
00:32My name is Emily Colorado, I'm 33 and I'm getting LASIK eye surgery done today.
00:37I'm nearsighted so I can't see far and I also have an astigmatism which means that the curvature of my
00:44cornea is a little bit off.
00:45I have been wearing glasses since about junior high.
00:48I'm an emergency room nurse, I work 12 plus hours each shift so wearing contacts if I'm at work definitely
00:56is a strain on my eyes.
00:59They're definitely more dry at the end of the day.
01:01I have been considering laces for a very long time.
01:05I just didn't really look into initially because of the fear of having surgery.
01:10Having the surgery done I don't have to worry about the stress of wearing contacts or glasses.
01:20My name is Netta Shami, I'm an ophthalmologist at the Maloney Shami Vision Institute in Los Angeles.
01:26I've done more than 6,000 vision correction surgeries.
01:31Hi, I'm right this way with me.
01:35There's no turning back.
01:38We go through the process of checking the vision.
01:43We then do some measurements to make sure that there's enough thickness for us to be able to remodel or
01:49reshape or sculpt the cornea to be able to correct the vision.
01:52Being consistent with the measurements that we got the other day.
01:58I'm super nervous.
02:00Are you good? Any questions?
02:01I'm still letting the volume dissolve.
02:03Okay, good. We're almost there.
02:05You need to calm down a little bit.
02:07I know.
02:07You're okay?
02:08Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. I feel good.
02:10The fact of knowing that I was going to be awake, I think that definitely made me feel more anxious
02:14and more nervous going into the procedure.
02:17The patient is escorted to the laser suite.
02:25We then prep the eye.
02:38I place a suction ring or stabilization ring onto the eye.
02:43I rotate the bed and the patient's eye under the femtosecond laser, which is an ultra precise laser used to
02:52create the LASIK flap.
03:00She will then feel a slight bit of pressure during this step of the surgery.
03:15For the second part of the surgery, I place a speculum to keep the eyelids open while we're reshaping the
03:22cornea.
03:36I then fold the flap back onto the corneal surface.
03:40I place a
04:09Almost done, sweetie.
04:13Emily will hear clicking sound while the laser reshaping is occurring.
04:19The laser whacks the pupil in a three-dimensional fashion.
04:23Any sudden movements or large movements actually shuts down the laser or shuts down the treatment.
04:30And then dry the edges to ensure that, in fact, the flap is well positioned back in place.
04:45I already see them.
04:47It's going to be like looking through, like, you know, old contact lenses.
04:52That was a little scary. That was a little scary.
04:55This is such a great deal for me right here. I can see the time for my bed.
05:00I was never able to see that.
05:03And it's not even really that far.
05:05And it doesn't seem like an ideal, but I can actually see them. It's so cool.
05:10No glasses. Looking at the time on my bed.
05:17So it's been five days since I've had the LASIK eye surgery, and I'm so glad I did it.
05:23I'm wondering why I didn't do it sooner.
05:24Just like everybody else says, I definitely don't regret it at all.
05:28I was shocked at how quick it was.
05:30And I mean, each eye is done one at a time, of course.
05:33And I was like, what? We're done with the first eye?
05:37So after the procedure, my vision was still a little blurry, which is totally normal.
05:41It's expected that your eyes are still trying to get into focus.
05:45They have you wear these goggles after.
05:47They're kind of funny looking, but it's just to prevent you from, like, touching your eyes at night and so
05:52you don't rub them.
05:53Oh, these are pretty stylish.
05:55They are stylish. Did you get it?
05:57Patients can go back to work. They can drive.
05:59They can really get back to their life with excellent vision.
06:02With Emily, her vision was 20-20 the next day, and she was happy as can be.
06:06She did share that her eyes felt a little dry, which is quite typical the next day after surgery and
06:12tends to resolve over about a week.
06:15It's so nice and refreshing to not have to worry about, for one, waking up in the morning, putting your
06:20contacts on.
06:20The fact that I'm 33 now, I'm able to see, like, normal people, and it's been, what, over 20 years
06:27that I've been dealing with poor vision.
06:29The fact that I'm, like, here now and able to see normal and clear, it's amazing.
06:34I'm so glad that I did this procedure.
06:37I don't even know what it's like. I'm like, what is it like to see normal?
06:41The truth of the matter is, LASIK is one of the safest procedures done in medicine.
06:45So I would say, if you want to get out of your glasses or contact lenses, consider LASIK and go
06:51in for a consultation with an expert.
06:53My favorite part about my job is the human connections I make with my patients.
06:58It is a privilege, and I'm happy that they trust their care to me.
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