First visit guide: what happens from registration to discharge

Before you come

This first visit guide starts with the booking rule: every examination, surgery and consultation at Sky Eye Clinic is by appointment. Book first through the free consultation page, and check the directions for the route from Nonhyeon Station.

The clinic's first-visit tour is built around LASIK, but the exam sequence applies to other vision correction too. Compare your options on the vision correction overview.

Your eye exam and consultation, step by step

1. Registration and appointment check

   Confirm your online or phone reservation at the desk. If you have not booked, staff help you register there.

2. Consultation room interview

   Staff check the basics needed for your exam. They ask whether this is your first eye clinic visit and about any existing conditions.

3. Waiting before the exam

   Wait in the waiting room until your turn for the comprehensive eye exam.

4. Auto-refraction test

   This measures your myopia and astigmatism, plus the curvature radius of your cornea.

5. Intraocular pressure test

   High pressure can point to glaucoma, and pressure readings change after surgery, so this test is essential. Normal pressure is 10 to 20 mmHg. If yours is higher, you get a detailed glaucoma exam.

6. Corneal topography test

   This equipment maps the curvature and shape of the corneal surface to detect keratoconus and irregular corneas.

7. Fundus photography

   A digital camera photographs the retina, the nerve layer inside the eye, so staff can check the optic nerve and retina.

8. Additional precision tests

   Further tests in the exam program help analyze your eyes and plan a better surgical result.

9. Avellino corneal dystrophy DNA test

   This test is optional. If the result is positive, surgery is avoided for your safety.

10. One-to-one counselor consultation

    A counselor explains your test results and the vision correction option that suits you, and answers your questions.

11. Doctor's exam and consultation

    The doctor examines your eyes in detail, including slit-lamp microscopy, then holds a full pre-surgery consultation.

Equipment used in these tests is listed on the equipment page. If your results show a condition that rules out surgery, the team explains this during your consultation, as this first visit guide notes.

Surgery day, step by step

1. Pre-surgery preparation

   You receive detailed instructions on preparing for surgery and complete the surgery consent form.

2. Surgery by your doctor

   After cleansing and sterilization, surgery begins. It takes about 15 minutes, though the time varies with the method.

3. Surgery completion

   Surgery ends following the doctor's instructions in the operating room, and staff guide you to the recovery room.

4. Rest in the recovery room

   Close your eyes and rest.

5. Post-surgery eye checkup

   The doctor examines your eyes and explains your surgical result.

6. Aftercare instructions and discharge

   You learn how to care for your eyes, discuss follow-up appointments, ask remaining questions, then go home.

Read the LASIK and LASEK pre and post-op guide for what to do before and after your procedure. Together with this first visit guide, it covers the whole journey.

Hours and where to start

The clinic is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 to 16:30, with a lunch break from 13:00 to 14:00. Thursday is closed for equipment maintenance. Saturday runs 10:00 to 14:30 for exams and surgery only. The clinic tour has the full schedule. Use this first visit guide to time your arrival.

Questions before you travel? Book your free consultation and an interpreter in English, Japanese or Chinese can help.