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Today it aa few methods of operation in the market viable for use in connection with the correction of errors is vision. The most common are LASIK, PRK, LASEK, RLE, and you have probably seen campaign. LASIK and LASEK on these, the most popular, with PRK are not used so much more.

Although your doctor to determine which method to use on your eyes, education is always key, because it might help, before the anxiety that can arise when deciding on surgery. As we all know, our eyes one of the most valuable resources we have and most of our people, with a single nose around our eyes is a terrible idea.

LASEK, laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (keratomileusis) is a method of eye surgery and treatment of vision problems carried out by laser. LASEK is generally used for a wide sight ness, quasi-sight ness and astigmatism treatment. You can say, LASEK is a hybrid between the two former types of laser eye surgery, eye, PRK and LASIK.

The differences between PRK and LASIK

process distinguish it for PRK and LASIK. One of the advantages of PRK is that the treatment goes well on people who have thin corneas therefore not worthy to LASIK. Equated with Lasik there are a number of disadvantages. A major disadvantage of PRK is that, due to the outer layer of the full cornea (epithelium) is completely eliminated, the surface of the cornea, the healing time significantly as the need to reach epiteletet increased. Br
/> In a LASIK surgery, a nice tool, called a microkeratome is used to make a small incision in the cornea and then a “cap” around the eye. There is also a game that can act as a “hinge”. slightly lifted the lid is removed only on the surface of the cornea is shown. The laser treatment can be started. After the treatment, the cover back on again more raised. Compared with the entire region PRK does not need to heal, that the small incision.

As LASEK operation performed

ith a LASEK eye surgery procedure, when the first stunned. Then a determination is based on alcohol applied to the cornea. The removal of subsidies conservative liquid outer layer of the cornea, the epithelium, thereby lifting gently. Once the cornea is removed from the operation, the treatment with the laser eye on. Once that the outer part of the cornea is made is in position. Finally, a lens bandage is applied, the increased protection during a day. The target patch is removed after a few days.


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