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