laser surgery for eye

laser surgery for eyes

What is LASIK? LASIK is the acronym for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is laser eye surgical technique permanently corrects vision. This procedure works best on people who have the following conditions, from moderate to high degrees of myopia (nearsightedness), low to moderate degrees of hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism associated with myopia, and have thick corneas.

People with normal eye sight see objects clearly, for the lights and shadows these cast are brought into a focus point by the cornea and lens of the eye. Ideally, the cornea’s curvature is evenly matched to its length in a normal eye. But people with astigmatism, myopia or hyperopia, have irregularly shaped corneas, so the objects seen are blurred or distorted.