After the laser out-of-date reshaped the stromal layer, the LASIK flap is carefully repositioned over the treatment area by the surgeon and checked for the presence of appearance bubbles, debris, page and proper fit on the eye. The flap remains in position by natural adhesion until healing is completed.

Microfolding also-ran been appear as "an almost unavoidable complication of LASIK" whose "clinical significance appears negligible."