How many visits does an assessment take?
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Often one long appointment, sometimes followed by a second short visit before surgery. The second visit exists where the cornea needs to be re-measured on a different day, where a contact lens stop period has to be respected, or where the first set of measurements was equivocal.
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- Surgery journey
- Topic
- Eye tests & scans
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- Last reviewed
- 9 November 2026
In more detail
A clinic that re-measures is not being inefficient. Corneal measurements taken a week apart are the ordinary way of knowing that the shape they plan to reshape is stable, and it is one of the few checks a patient can see happening.
What this answer depends on
- How long you have been out of contact lenses
- Whether the first measurements agreed with each other
- Whether any finding needs treatment first
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- DHA circular on the scope of practice for ophthalmologists performing laser refractive surgery
A Dubai Health Authority circular addressing how laser refractive surgery sits within the licensed scope of practice for ophthalmologists in Dubai.
Used for Explaining that refractive surgery is a regulated activity in Dubai.
Link checked 22 September 2026