Lasik Laser Eye Surgery

You are deciding on having Lasik laser eye surgery. Your friends have had the surgery with great success. You are tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses. You will need to talk with your eye doctor and do research to find the best Lasik eye surgeon in your area. This surgery is not for everyone. You will need a baseline evaluation to see if you are a candidate. Medical history, medications, and health will all be factors.

Even after you have been considered a candidate, you will be informed of all the risks involved with Lasik laser eye surgery as with any surgery. Your eye doctor will discuss the pre-surgery requirements, what will happen during surgery and what to expect after surgery. He or she will inform you of complications that may occur and how your vision will change over the healing process.

Some reasons you may be disqualified are abnormal corneal curvature which indicates a weak corneal; dry eyes because corneal nerves that stimulated tears are cut during the surgery; large pupils since patients may be prone to seeing halos or have night vision problems. Previous refractive surgery especially radial keratotomy (RK) since it may complicate additional procedures.

For the surgery you will be prepped. You will be awake during the surgery. Anesthetic drops are put into your eyes to numb the surface. An eyelid speculum is placed between your eyelids to keep them open. A corneal flap is made and the laser procedure then the cornea is reshaped or ablated by vaporizing corneal tissue which takes about 20 to 90 seconds. Then the corneal flap is returned to its original position.

You will need to sit with your eyes closed for about 30 minutes. The surgeon will return to check your eyes. Antibiotic, anti-inflammatory drops and lubricating drops will be given to you with instructions. Vision will be blurred for a couple of days after the surgery and will continue to improve for up to six months. Follow up visits will be scheduled with your eye doctor.

FDA approved Lasik laser eye surgery is an advanced, computer precision excimer laser eye surgery. Other laser ablations or cornea reshaping procedures can be done with conventional laser treatments, wave-front optimized treatments and wave-front guided treatments.

Call your eye doctor or Houston Lasik surgeon for more information. Qualified Lasik surgery is available across America and in Texas in cities as Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.

About the Author:

At the International EyeCare Laser Center, our doctors practice LASIK only - we are specialists. Dr. Charles Moore is instrumental in the design and development of LASIK diagnostic and surgical equipment. For more information visit our site: http://www.texaslasik.com/

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How accurate LASIK or Laser Eye Surgery is?, and what is the difference between LASIK and Laser Eye Surgery?

I am planning to do a LASIK or Laser Eye Surgery, does it has any disadvantages doing it? and what is the difference between Laser and LASIK, which is better and why, I am hesitating whether to do it or not, also I don't know which one should I choose LASIK or Laser.

P.S. My vision is not so bad, it is something like 1.7 - 2 degrees deviation, am just sick wearing glasses. icon smile Lasik Laser Eye Surgery

Thanks in advance.

LASIK stands for LASER assisited In-Situ Keratomileusis, so there is a Laser being used on your eye during the procedure. The doctors will make a "flap" of your cornea using a microkeratome and then apply the Laser to your cornea shaping it and correcting your vision. They carefully replace the flap and you're done. It is important after LASIK that you do not rub your eyes for a couple of weeks to let the flaps heal back to normal. Your doctor will provide shields for you to wear at night so you don't rub your eyes while you're sleeping.

The only really negatives that occur regularly are:
A) Dry eyes, if you have dry eyes prior to the procedure they will be more dry after the procedure.
B) Your correction isn't totally corrected - you may need an enhancement to get your vision perfect.
C) If you have Presbyopia (the need for reading glasses) and you have both eyes corrected for distance, you will still need reading glasses, you can talk to your doctor about possible Monovision or Mini-Monovision if you're just about 40 or over 40.

Laser Eye Surgery is for people with complications in their retinas, or Glaucoma. A Laser is applied either cauterizing blood vessels in a wide range of spots and sizes for retina. It can be used to open angles in narrow angle Glaucoma. It can also be applied to patients that have cloudiness after cataract surgery to remove cloudiness.

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