LASIK eye surgery can have a profound effect on your lifestyle.
It takes less than fifteen minutes to treat both eyes- LASIK surgery can safely be performed on both eyes on the same day.
Aside from harboring realistic expectations, and being aware of the potential risks involved with LASIK eye surgery, a good candidate should have a strong desire to be free from the constraints of corrective lenses.
You might not be eligible for this surgery if you don't meet the following conditions.
**The ideal LASIK surgery candidate has a stable prescription.
**In order to receive the procedure you can't be breast-feeding or pregnant.
**Some patients may not be optimal candidates for LASIK surgery because their corneas are too thin.
**A good candidate is at least 18 years old.
**You probably will still need reading glasses after LASIK surgery if you needed them to read before.
Here's a quick way to safely restore your 20/20 vision with LASIK surgery LASIK surgery is the choice of many to surgically remove areas of the cornea that result in unfocused and blurry vision.
Before you begin your LASIK surgery, the surface of the cornea is a scanned by a computer and a map is created, showing the areas of your cornea that need repair.
To render your eyes insensitive to pain anaesthetic eye drops are used to numb the eyes while you undergo the procedure.
Duringyour LASIK surgery procedure, a motorized knife (a microkeratome) is used to make an incision and a hinged flap of tissue is created from the thin outer membrane of the cornea.
By peeling back the hinged section of corneal tissue, the surgeon uncovers the stroma ready for correction.
Only the exact and necessary portions of the cornea, determined by the mapping stage of the LASIK surgery procedure, are removed to correct your vision.
The excimer laser then removes tissue from the stroma, and permanently alters and reshapes the cornea.
With the refractive errors corrected, the flap is folded back to its original position on the cornea.
During the LASIK surgery procedure a mild local anaesthetic is applied to the eyes with eye drops; The repositioned flap on the cornea will heal without any stitches at all.
Most people think surgery always involves a long time for recovery and a lot of pain.
This is where LASIK surgery is different.
LASIK surgery is a relatively painless procedure, performed in mere minutes and conducted on an out-patient basis.
Following surgery, it is not a bad idea to take a nap for a few hours and allow your eyes to begin recovery.
Once the pain-killers wear off, you may find your eyes are burning and itchy.
Prior to LASIK surgery a mild anaesthetic is used in the form of eye drops; there are two kinds of eye drops used after lasik eye surgery: antibiotic and anti-inflammatory.
It's important to know that if you are considered to be an ineligible candidate for the LASIK surgery procedure, there are other options available to you.
One benefit shared by many patients is a sudden surge of self-confidence.
It's funny how such a brief out-patient procedure can have such life-altering effects.
Imagine being able to go camping or to the beach and no longer need your glasses or any of the paraphernalia associated with contact lenses.
It takes less than fifteen minutes to treat both eyes- LASIK surgery can safely be performed on both eyes on the same day.
Aside from harboring realistic expectations, and being aware of the potential risks involved with LASIK eye surgery, a good candidate should have a strong desire to be free from the constraints of corrective lenses.
You might not be eligible for this surgery if you don't meet the following conditions.
**The ideal LASIK surgery candidate has a stable prescription.
**In order to receive the procedure you can't be breast-feeding or pregnant.
**Some patients may not be optimal candidates for LASIK surgery because their corneas are too thin.
**A good candidate is at least 18 years old.
**You probably will still need reading glasses after LASIK surgery if you needed them to read before.
Here's a quick way to safely restore your 20/20 vision with LASIK surgery LASIK surgery is the choice of many to surgically remove areas of the cornea that result in unfocused and blurry vision.
Before you begin your LASIK surgery, the surface of the cornea is a scanned by a computer and a map is created, showing the areas of your cornea that need repair.
To render your eyes insensitive to pain anaesthetic eye drops are used to numb the eyes while you undergo the procedure.
Duringyour LASIK surgery procedure, a motorized knife (a microkeratome) is used to make an incision and a hinged flap of tissue is created from the thin outer membrane of the cornea.
By peeling back the hinged section of corneal tissue, the surgeon uncovers the stroma ready for correction.
Only the exact and necessary portions of the cornea, determined by the mapping stage of the LASIK surgery procedure, are removed to correct your vision.
The excimer laser then removes tissue from the stroma, and permanently alters and reshapes the cornea.
With the refractive errors corrected, the flap is folded back to its original position on the cornea.
During the LASIK surgery procedure a mild local anaesthetic is applied to the eyes with eye drops; The repositioned flap on the cornea will heal without any stitches at all.
Most people think surgery always involves a long time for recovery and a lot of pain.
This is where LASIK surgery is different.
LASIK surgery is a relatively painless procedure, performed in mere minutes and conducted on an out-patient basis.
Following surgery, it is not a bad idea to take a nap for a few hours and allow your eyes to begin recovery.
Once the pain-killers wear off, you may find your eyes are burning and itchy.
Prior to LASIK surgery a mild anaesthetic is used in the form of eye drops; there are two kinds of eye drops used after lasik eye surgery: antibiotic and anti-inflammatory.
It's important to know that if you are considered to be an ineligible candidate for the LASIK surgery procedure, there are other options available to you.
One benefit shared by many patients is a sudden surge of self-confidence.
It's funny how such a brief out-patient procedure can have such life-altering effects.
Imagine being able to go camping or to the beach and no longer need your glasses or any of the paraphernalia associated with contact lenses.
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