If you have poor eyesight and you have worn eyeglasses or contact lenses all your life, then you might want to consider LASIK eye surgery.
LASIK is the acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileuses. This is a procedure where the patient has to undergo surgery to reduce or totally eliminate a person’s poor eyesight.
There are certain eye imperfections that cause poor eyesight. Examples of these are:
– Astigmatism
A person with astigmatism sees ‘distorted’ imaged which is a result of deformities or irregularities on the lenses of the eyes.
– Nearsightedness
A person who is nearsighted has a condition called myopia. Here, the patient experiences difficulties seeing objects at a distance.
– Farsightedness
On the other hand, a person who is farsighted sees far objects without difficulty but the same does not apply to near objects. This condition is
also called hyperopia.
To treat these ailments, LASIK eye surgery is used, and this is the most common method of refractive surgery performed for patients nowadays.
‘The Procedure’
In LASIK surgery, there...