Laser eye surgery risks and side effects may occur at surgery eye bruises or redness surface bruises or redness of the eye may occur as a result of application of the suction ring when creating the flap.
Excimer laser side effects.
Segimental where patches develop on one side of the body only.
Medication or potential negative systemic side effects.
Laser therapy is generally safe but some people have reported side effects after treatment including.
Focal where depigmentation is limited to one or only a few areas.
The side effects of laser therapy are minimal.
However they may include.
This is of cosmetic nature only and has no bearing on visual outcome.
What are the side effects of excimer light treatment.
Other commonly affected areas are the armpits groin and around the mouth eyes nostrils and navel.
Redness in light skin or purpleness in dark skin blisters temporary pain pigmentation changes.
Temporary redness itching burning and stinging blistering purple colored spots purpura on the skin darkening or lightening of the skin hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation scarring.
The aim of treatment is to deliver a dose that induces visible redness in the psoriatic lesion supra erythematous dose but that does not induce a blister or second degree burn.
It causes blisters on treated areas if the dose is too high.
Mild to moderate side effects are possible.
According to the same 2002 study almost half of all participants experienced redness after the treatment.
Approximately 10 percent of the remaining.
Some patients however experience a reaction similar to sunburn or blistering at the site of the.
The disorder generally appears in one of three patterns.
Most patients report no side effects.
A few patients have reported a mild and short lived redness at the treatment site.
In most cases excimer light is tolerated well.