"Wow"; I can hear this wows from the people who suffer with their eye glasses when they read the question posted above.Yes ,surely there are posibilities to get off from suffering eye glasses.In my article I do not want to recommend any treatment to take away the need for glasses or contacts. But I want to say some thing about LASIK with my friend's experience.
Recently my friend had a refractive surgery at Nawaloko Hospital. As usual she also had the idea that the LASIK is just a laser treatment. But before the day she had the operation, she understood there are three treatments under this refractive surgery depends on the patients corneal thickness and vision correction.
Yes ,there are three major refractive surgeries done in Sri Lanka.Those are LASIK and others are alternative to LASIK, they are LASEK and PRK.
What is LASIK?
LASIK is an elective laser eye surgery that reshapes the front surface of the eye (the cornea) to improve vision. It is the most popular vision correction procedure performed in the United States and worldwide. LASIK can correct a wide range of nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism.
LASIK eye surgery is a two-step procedure:
What is LASEK?
LASEK (or laser epithelial keratomileusis) is another laser vision correction procedure for patients whose corneas are too thin for LASIK. LASEK resembles PRK in that the surgeon doesn't create a LASIK-style flap in the first step of the procedure. But instead of removing the outer layer of corneal cells (the epithelium) completely, the LASEK surgeon creates an epithelial flap and replaces it after the excimer laser treatment is completed.
LASEK offers results that are similar to those achieved by LASIK, but (like PRK) it involves more post-operative discomfort and longer healing times.
What is PRK?
PRK (or photorefractive keratectomy) is the second most popular laser vision correction procedure. Like LASIK, PRK uses an excimer laser to reshape the cornea. But in PRK, the surgeon doesn't first create a corneal flap. Instead, the thin outer layer of corneal cells (the epithelium) is removed and the laser treatment is applied to the underlying corneal tissue (the stroma). After the laser treatment, the cornea is covered with a bandage contact lens. Within days, the removed epithelium grows back and the bandage contact lens is removed.
PRK offers results that are similar to those achieved by LASIK, but it involves more post-operative discomfort and longer healing times. PRK is often recommended for patients whose corneas are too thin for LASIK.
Here I do not want to say whether these surgeries are good or bad,but the person want to have these surgeries has to know the procedures , the recovery period and the good and bad side of each surgeries is better for his future.
My friend got LASEK surgery one week before and now she is in the recovery period.
There are so many articles available in the Internet.
For the quick reference see http://lasiksurgerynews.com/news
LASIK eye surgery is a two-step procedure:
What is LASEK?
LASEK (or laser epithelial keratomileusis) is another laser vision correction procedure for patients whose corneas are too thin for LASIK. LASEK resembles PRK in that the surgeon doesn't create a LASIK-style flap in the first step of the procedure. But instead of removing the outer layer of corneal cells (the epithelium) completely, the LASEK surgeon creates an epithelial flap and replaces it after the excimer laser treatment is completed.
LASEK offers results that are similar to those achieved by LASIK, but (like PRK) it involves more post-operative discomfort and longer healing times.
What is PRK?
PRK (or photorefractive keratectomy) is the second most popular laser vision correction procedure. Like LASIK, PRK uses an excimer laser to reshape the cornea. But in PRK, the surgeon doesn't first create a corneal flap. Instead, the thin outer layer of corneal cells (the epithelium) is removed and the laser treatment is applied to the underlying corneal tissue (the stroma). After the laser treatment, the cornea is covered with a bandage contact lens. Within days, the removed epithelium grows back and the bandage contact lens is removed.
PRK offers results that are similar to those achieved by LASIK, but it involves more post-operative discomfort and longer healing times. PRK is often recommended for patients whose corneas are too thin for LASIK.
Here I do not want to say whether these surgeries are good or bad,but the person want to have these surgeries has to know the procedures , the recovery period and the good and bad side of each surgeries is better for his future.
My friend got LASEK surgery one week before and now she is in the recovery period.
There are so many articles available in the Internet.
For the quick reference see http://lasiksurgerynews.com/news
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