| Until recently, Lasik Surgery Orange County | | | | the first day and night. Since the lasers removethe |
| candidates with a refractive error had limited options. | | | | tissue from the inside of the cornea, healing is often |
| Eyeglasses and contact lenses were the only options | | | | less painful than with other methods of refractive |
| available for correcting your vision. But since the | | | | surgery. Because the surgery is less painful eye-drops |
| arrival of refractive surgery, some people with | | | | may not be needed but if they are it is usually only |
| myopia or nearsightedness or hyperopia or | | | | needed for about a week. A second surgery is |
| farsightedness and astigmatism which is a cornea | | | | sometimes necessary if you experience |
| with unequal curves, may be candidates for having | | | | under-correction or over-correction which can cause |
| their improved through Lasik Surgery. LASIK or laser | | | | night blindness. Some of the more rare but serious |
| assisted in situ keraomileusis is a two-step refractive | | | | complications include dislocated flap, epithelial ingrowth |
| procedure that uses a laser and an automated blade | | | | and inflammation underneath the flap. Permanent |
| that will permanently reshape the cornea. The | | | | vision loss is rare and most complications can be |
| purpose of reshaping the cornea is to help focus light | | | | managed without any loss of vision. Who is the ideal |
| directly on the retina to produce clearer vision. The | | | | candidate for LASIK? It is the person with a stable |
| LASIK procedure is usually takes about fifteen | | | | refractive error that falls within the correctable range, |
| minutes and is performed as an outpatient procedure. | | | | free of eye disease and must be at least eighteen |
| The surgeon uses a microkeratome which creates a | | | | years of age. This person must be willing to accept |
| flap in the cornea. The second step is to use the cool | | | | the potential risks, complications and the side effects |
| beam of an excimer laser to remove a layer of the | | | | of LASIK. Surgery in any form has its risks. As with |
| corneal tissue. The process of removing the corneal | | | | all things it's important that you consult your |
| tissue permanently reshapes the cornea. Once the | | | | professional physician for a complete eye |
| procedure is complete a shield will be put in place for | | | | examination. |