How is laser eye surgery done?

Posted in Laser Eye Surgery on September 26, 2008

Laser eye treatment helps patients to get rid of their glasses or contact lenses. It is a procedure which helps a patient to improve his or her eyesight. It is an effective treatment for correcting the vision of people with long-sightedness (hyperopia) as well as short-sightedness (myopia). People interested in laser eye surgery must be 18 or older. Children cannot undergo laser eye surgery as it is not suitable for them. To qualify for laser surgery, a patient is examined in terms of their age, their medical history and their treatment expectations.

The first type of treatment is known as precision. For this treatment, an eye drop containing local anaesthetic is used. In this case, there is refractive correction through reshaping of the cornea with the help of a computer-controlled laser beam. The patient recovers within three days.

The second type of treatment is very efficient in treating low, moderate and high prescriptions. This treatment is known as LASIK eye surgery. It reshapes the cornea of your eye by using a cool beam of light from an excimer laser. This surgery is very frequently performed and has helped a lot of people solve their eye problems. LASIK eye surgery helps when treating both eyes at the same time.

These days, thousand of patients are undergoing LASIK eye surgeries and are happy with the outcome.