LASIK

gives many people the opportunity to stop wearing contact lenses or glasses. For some people, but this method is not the best solution. Although traditional LASIK works by is a small cut over the eye, removing this layer, then reshape the cornea with a laser, this operation is sometimes not correctly to the characteristics of the other eye. While these people can do to correct your vision? Fortunately, a new procedure known as LASEK was created to help people to improve their vision, even if they do not qualify for traditional laser surgery.

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LASIK, or laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, was introduced in the 1990s to replace the old techniques of eye surgery. In this procedure, the surgeon makes an incision in the eye. The little flap is then folded and a special laser is reshaping the cornea of the eye. Once the process is complete, the flap is folded up.

This operation is carried out one of the most popular cosmetic procedures today, with more than a million Americans each year during LASIK. However, the process is not suitable for every patient. Conditions such as dry eyes, eye infections and chronic autoimmune diseases can a person eligible for the procedure. Fortunately, a different type of surgery called LASEK was developed to help some of these patients.

What is LASEK?

If the shape or condition of the eye impossible LASIK, laser surgery does something else called LASEK or laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis, Hope. Doctors primarily a special solution on the outer surface of the eye. Then, the epithelium cut with a blade called the trephine to find very, allowing the physician can then alter the cornea with the laser, the epithelium then gently slid back into position.

The advantages of LASEK

What are some possible benefits of the LASEK procedure? The biggest advantage is that it allows people who are eligible for laser eye surgery to have their vision corrected. Other important advantages are the remarkable speed of the procedure and the healing time faster.

How can a patient determine what type of laser eye surgery is the right choice? According to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology: “Both procedures seem safe, effective and predictable for the treatment of mild to moderate myopia (nearsightedness).” Another study published in Optometry Today, even suggested that LASEK may in fact even better than LASIK. However, all patients on the advice, opinions and recommendations of a qualified surgeon to take out a decision.


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