The LASIK or laser eye treatment should not be performed and the doctor informed if you suffer from any of the following :-
- Uncontrolled vascular disease or with autoimmune disease
- Are immune-compromised or on immunity-suppressing drugs or have a previous history of keloid formation
- Pregnancy, nursing, expecting to become pregnant within six months following the LASIK procedure or on hormone therapy for gynaecological dysfunction
- Have residual, recurrent, or active eye disease(s) or abnormality except for myopia [or hyperopia] in either eye
- Have any active or residual systemic disease(s) likely to affect wound healing capability
- Had herpes infection of the eye in the past
- Have unstable or uncontrolled diabetes
- Have progressive myopia or hyperopia [unstable spectacle power]
- Amblyopia (lazy eye); glaucoma; severe dry eye