Read a few posts on here, well the ones on topic and I have considered looking into laser surgery but what puts me off is the actual process. Now I guess you have your eye relaxed and as static as possible but I have terrible eye reflexes. What I mean by this is do you know the test where they fire air into your eye the pressure test well I dont like it and I guess others too but its that bad I anticipate the air shot and flinch. I really have to concentrate to stop myself flinching at the last second and quite often the Optician gets annoyed. I just can't help it. Took 20 minutes once just to complete that test. So what puts me off is if they fire the laser into my eye might end up losing an ear when I flinch. Sorry that was a terrible James Bond exaggeration.
Basically what I want to know is how does it feel when the laser surgery start forgive my ignorance.
I felt the same as you, I was worried i'd move, my eyes would move etc. I'm also incredibly sensitive with anything near my eyes to the point of never being able to use contact lenses as I couldn't put them in, the optician wouldn't let me leave until I could prove I could put them in and take them out. Every time I tried my eye would naturally shut and I just couldn't do it.
During the procedure you can't move, you're led down and your head is basically clamped down. The technology is advanced enough that if your eye moves during the surgery that it can track it. Feeling wise, the most uncomfortable part of the procedure is when they're putting the eyelid clamps in. I won't lie that's not very pleasant but nothing too bad. They will put numbing drops in so you don't actually feel anything through the eyes.
The procedure for Lasik is (I might be a bit sketchy here, I had it done over a year ago);
1. Lie down
2. Drops go in
3. Eyelid clamps go in
4. They move you under the first machine which cuts the flap. The machine has a suction pad on it that feels like pressure against your eye to try and keep it in place. No pain, but definitely feels a bit weird. The closest thing I can think of is if you pressed swimming goggles against your eyes.
5. The surgeon then moves the flap back, this looks weird as you can see your eye losing focus
6. They move you under the second machine and it does it's reshaping job. You feel nothing.
7. The surgeon puts the flap back in place and takes the clamps off
That's it job done, the whole process took about 5-10 minutes.