LASIK (Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis)
One of the most amazing technological breakthroughs in eye care in the past several decades, LASIK uses a cold, high-precision and precisely programmed laser beam, the excimer laser, to remove a microscopic layer of the cornea, altering its curvature, to correct your spectacle or contact lens prescription.
To put this into perspective, each laser pulse removes about 0.25 microns of corneal tissue or 1/200th the thickness of a human hair. Because of the laser's precision, damage to healthy, adjoining tissue is reduced or eliminated. Amongst its advantages are that visual recovery is rapid and it is virtually painless. LASIK is now one of the most advanced excimer laser procedures available for the treatment of low to high degrees of short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism.
If following your refractive surgery consultation, you wish to consider LASIK, or other forms of Laser Vision Correction, your Face & Eye surgeon will be happy to discuss the options with you.
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