Yes, technically Lasik surgery can be detectable. Lasik surgery is possible to detect and it cannot be done very easily. Just by seeing the eyes, one cannot detect, whether the surgery is done or not.
Lasik Procedure
Lasik surgery is easy to detect for the eye surgeons. It needs a special procedure to explore and discover the same thing. To explore it, first one has to understand why and how the Lasik surgery is performed. Lasik laser eye surgery is a refractive surgery, often performed to correct astigmatism, hypermetropia, myopia.
Detecting Lasik
So, in simple terms Lasik surgery over the eyes can be detected by examining the cornea surface. Lasik surgery is performed in two steps. During the first step, flap is created through cutting the Bowman’s layer or corneal epithelium layer. This process makes use of either blade or laser. As the corneal flap is created on the top of cornea, the edges of this cornea flap can give the indication that the Lasik surgery is performed. This can easily be identified by eye doctor under slit lamp or microscope examination post lasik surgery, even after several years of lasik procedure.
With advanced diagnostic system, such as Pentacam, eye specialist can easily detect whether lasik is operated in eyes or not. Post lasik overall corneal thickness get reduced and curvature of eyes gets altered. Such changes any be easily identified with advanced diagnostic system examination.