How many days are required for my trip in Thailand?
We recommend approximately 5-7 days in Bangkok in order to complete the initial eye examination, the LASIK surgery, (you can actually have both the pre-op eye exam and the surgery on the same day), and both the 1-day and 1-week follow-ups. The 1-week follow-up can be from 5-10 days after surgery. The rest of the routine check-ups can be completed with an ophthalmologist in your home country. A sample itinerary could be as follows:
Day 1: Arrive in Bangkok Day 2: Initial eye examination Day 3: LASIK surgery Day 4: 1-day post LASIK follow-up Day 5 to 7: Free and easy
Day 8: 1-week post LASIK follow-up
Pre-LASIK suitability assessment
In some countries, we have arrangements with partner optometrist and ophthalmologists to perform pre-LASIK suitability assessments before you arrive in Bangkok.
Scheduling your post-LASIK follow-up appointments
We usually require our overseas patients to return to Thailand for the 1-week follow-up examination. Our doctors prefer to do this examination in person to make sure the healing has progressed as expected. However, in some cases we have allowed patients to have the 1-week follow up examination in their home country. Other follow ups can be performed in a patients home country and we can provide a list of clinics. All charges from other clinics must be paid by the patient as we can only provide free follow-up exams for patients being seen at TRSC. We strongly suggest that all patients have a routine eye check up yearly whether they have LASIK or not.
However, patients need to understand that if unexpected situations arise (although rare) they might need to extend their stay for special care for up to a week.
