Ask Tough Questions before Having Custom LASIK Surgery
LASIK surgery has been around for awhile now, but what’s the next new thing? The FDA has recently approved the newest technology of custom LASIK. Custom LASIK is based on the individuality of each eye. Your eyes are not like mine, so why should I be having a one size fits all surgery? Until now, glasses, contacts and conventional surgeries...
What Is The Cost Of Laser Eye Surgery?
Laser eye surgery has become extremely popular in the last decade or so. Lasik actually stands for Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis. This type of surgery basically uses a laser to change the curvature of the cornea. Your cornea is the outer window of your eye, and this is where nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism occur.
The advent of...
What To Do With Dry Eye After Lasik
Lasik eye surgery is for people who are nearsighted or farsighted and have astigmatism. This surgery changes the curvature of the cornea, which is the outermost part of the eye. This allows the person to see without the need for glasses or contacts.
Most people have no trouble with their vision correction surgery. Less than 1% of people who...
Laser Eye Surgery: Demystifying LASIK
Copyright 2005 Octocat Ltd LASIK - A now common procedure One of the first things that springs to mind when considering corrective eye surgery is the term, "LASIK". An acronym for "laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis," this rather common procedure is used to correct certain vision problems through refractive surgery. Since its debut in the...
Contact Lenses or Lasik Surgery - Which is the right choice for you?
Contact lenses can get expensive, not to mention the factthat you get tired of having to put them into and out ofyour eyes every single day. With the advent of lasersurgery in the last decade, more and more people arediscovering that they can have 20/20 vision (or better)without ever having to wear glasses again.
Laser surgery is...
What is LASIK?
LASIK
Laser In-situ Keratomileusis or commonly known as LASIK is a surgical procedure that is used treat a wide range of refractive errors in the eye.
The eyeball, cornea or lens being shaped imperfectly causes refractive errors of the eyes. The three common types of problem resulting from refractive errors are as follows:
1. Myopia or...
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