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